diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
index 1c41cd9982a2..3c0193de2498 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_proc.c
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ int drbd_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 			seq_printf(seq, "%2d: cs:Unconfigured\n", i);
 		} else {
 			/* reset device->congestion_reason */
-			bdi_rw_congested(device->rq_queue->backing_dev_info);
 
 			nc = rcu_dereference(first_peer_device(device)->connection->net_conf);
 			wp = nc ? nc->wire_protocol - DRBD_PROT_A + 'A' : ' ';