diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index daa9cef96ec6..f4537a5eef02 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void tl_release(struct drbd_connection *connection, unsigned int barrier_nr,
 		unsigned int set_size)
 {
 	struct drbd_request *r;
-	struct drbd_request *req = NULL;
+	struct drbd_request *req = NULL, *tmp = NULL;
 	int expect_epoch = 0;
 	int expect_size = 0;
 
@@ -247,8 +247,11 @@ void tl_release(struct drbd_connection *connection, unsigned int barrier_nr,
 	 * to catch requests being barrier-acked "unexpectedly".
 	 * It usually should find the same req again, or some READ preceding it. */
 	list_for_each_entry(req, &connection->transfer_log, tl_requests)
-		if (req->epoch == expect_epoch)
+		if (req->epoch == expect_epoch) {
+			tmp = req;
 			break;
+		}
+	req = list_prepare_entry(tmp, &connection->transfer_log, tl_requests);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_from(req, r, &connection->transfer_log, tl_requests) {
 		if (req->epoch != expect_epoch)
 			break;