diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 47771ab82579..200791e44aa2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1342,15 +1342,13 @@ int drbd_send_drequest_csum(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 
 int drbd_send_ov_request(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector, int size)
 {
-	int ok;
 	struct p_block_req p;
 
 	p.sector   = cpu_to_be64(sector);
 	p.block_id = ID_SYNCER /* unused */;
 	p.blksize  = cpu_to_be32(size);
 
-	ok = !drbd_send_cmd(mdev, &mdev->tconn->data, P_OV_REQUEST, &p.head, sizeof(p));
-	return ok;
+	return drbd_send_cmd(mdev, &mdev->tconn->data, P_OV_REQUEST, &p.head, sizeof(p));
 }
 
 /* called on sndtimeo
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 9b740864b51c..216479641a78 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static int w_make_ov_request(struct drbd_work *w, int cancel)
 			size = (capacity-sector)<<9;
 
 		inc_rs_pending(mdev);
-		if (!drbd_send_ov_request(mdev, sector, size)) {
+		if (drbd_send_ov_request(mdev, sector, size)) {
 			dec_rs_pending(mdev);
 			return 0;
 		}