diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 2c3edf0ac5ca..e4e4eddf04f2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -4241,10 +4241,13 @@ static int got_IsInSync(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header80 *h)
 
 	update_peer_seq(mdev, be32_to_cpu(p->seq_num));
 
-	drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, sector);
-	drbd_set_in_sync(mdev, sector, blksize);
-	/* rs_same_csums is supposed to count in units of BM_BLOCK_SIZE */
-	mdev->rs_same_csum += (blksize >> BM_BLOCK_SHIFT);
+	if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
+		drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, sector);
+		drbd_set_in_sync(mdev, sector, blksize);
+		/* rs_same_csums is supposed to count in units of BM_BLOCK_SIZE */
+		mdev->rs_same_csum += (blksize >> BM_BLOCK_SHIFT);
+		put_ldev(mdev);
+	}
 	dec_rs_pending(mdev);
 	atomic_add(blksize >> 9, &mdev->rs_sect_in);
 
@@ -4423,6 +4426,9 @@ static int got_OVResult(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header80 *h)
 	else
 		ov_oos_print(mdev);
 
+	if (!get_ldev(mdev))
+		return TRUE;
+
 	drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, sector);
 	dec_rs_pending(mdev);
 
@@ -4437,6 +4443,7 @@ static int got_OVResult(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header80 *h)
 			drbd_resync_finished(mdev);
 		}
 	}
+	put_ldev(mdev);
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 01743193f321..c72a5fc1c88e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,10 @@ int w_e_end_csum_rs_req(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_work *w, int cancel)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, e->sector);
+	if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
+		drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, e->sector);
+		put_ldev(mdev);
+	}
 
 	di = e->digest;
 
@@ -1134,7 +1137,10 @@ int w_e_end_ov_reply(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_work *w, int cancel)
 
 	/* after "cancel", because after drbd_disconnect/drbd_rs_cancel_all
 	 * the resync lru has been cleaned up already */
-	drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, e->sector);
+	if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
+		drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, e->sector);
+		put_ldev(mdev);
+	}
 
 	di = e->digest;