diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index e4774f720de5..4b934e543e2d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -1960,9 +1960,9 @@ int drbd_adm_attach(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (device->state.conn < C_CONNECTED &&
-	    device->state.role == R_PRIMARY && device->ed_uuid &&
-	    (device->ed_uuid & ~((u64)1)) != (nbc->md.uuid[UI_CURRENT] & ~((u64)1))) {
+	if (device->state.pdsk != D_UP_TO_DATE && device->ed_uuid &&
+	    (device->state.role == R_PRIMARY || device->state.peer == R_PRIMARY) &&
+            (device->ed_uuid & ~((u64)1)) != (nbc->md.uuid[UI_CURRENT] & ~((u64)1))) {
 		drbd_err(device, "Can only attach to data with current UUID=%016llX\n",
 		    (unsigned long long)device->ed_uuid);
 		retcode = ERR_DATA_NOT_CURRENT;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 85e3d846a23a..76d74b2122d6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -4397,6 +4397,25 @@ static int receive_state(struct drbd_connection *connection, struct packet_info
 	if (peer_state.conn == C_AHEAD)
 		ns.conn = C_BEHIND;
 
+	/* TODO:
+	 * if (primary and diskless and peer uuid != effective uuid)
+	 *     abort attach on peer;
+	 *
+	 * If this node does not have good data, was already connected, but
+	 * the peer did a late attach only now, trying to "negotiate" with me,
+	 * AND I am currently Primary, possibly frozen, with some specific
+	 * "effective" uuid, this should never be reached, really, because
+	 * we first send the uuids, then the current state.
+	 *
+	 * In this scenario, we already dropped the connection hard
+	 * when we received the unsuitable uuids (receive_uuids().
+	 *
+	 * Should we want to change this, that is: not drop the connection in
+	 * receive_uuids() already, then we would need to add a branch here
+	 * that aborts the attach of "unsuitable uuids" on the peer in case
+	 * this node is currently Diskless Primary.
+	 */
+
 	if (device->p_uuid && peer_state.disk >= D_NEGOTIATING &&
 	    get_ldev_if_state(device, D_NEGOTIATING)) {
 		int cr; /* consider resync */