diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 3a5b4dec529f..f71a667f5f32 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ static union drbd_state sanitize_state(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state
 	/* After a network error (+C_TEAR_DOWN) only C_UNCONNECTED or C_DISCONNECTING can follow.
 	 * If you try to go into some Sync* state, that shall fail (elsewhere). */
 	if (os.conn >= C_TIMEOUT && os.conn <= C_TEAR_DOWN &&
-	    ns.conn != C_UNCONNECTED && ns.conn != C_DISCONNECTING && ns.conn <= C_TEAR_DOWN)
+	    ns.conn != C_UNCONNECTED && ns.conn != C_DISCONNECTING && ns.conn <= C_CONNECTED)
 		ns.conn = os.conn;
 
 	/* we cannot fail (again) if we already detached */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 2e9dfc69828f..08e694ef5ed9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -3169,6 +3169,12 @@ static int receive_state(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packets cmd, unsigned
 	os = ns = mdev->state;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
 
+	/* If some other part of the code (asender thread, timeout)
+	 * already decided to close the connection again,
+	 * we must not "re-establish" it here. */
+	if (os.conn <= C_TEAR_DOWN)
+		return false;
+
 	/* If this is the "end of sync" confirmation, usually the peer disk
 	 * transitions from D_INCONSISTENT to D_UP_TO_DATE. For empty (0 bits
 	 * set) resync started in PausedSyncT, or if the timing of pause-/
@@ -3782,6 +3788,13 @@ static void drbd_disconnect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	if (mdev->state.conn == C_STANDALONE)
 		return;
 
+	/* We are about to start the cleanup after connection loss.
+	 * Make sure drbd_make_request knows about that.
+	 * Usually we should be in some network failure state already,
+	 * but just in case we are not, we fix it up here.
+	 */
+	drbd_force_state(mdev, NS(conn, C_NETWORK_FAILURE));
+
 	/* asender does not clean up anything. it must not interfere, either */
 	drbd_thread_stop(&mdev->asender);
 	drbd_free_sock(mdev);