1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 89d8a7cc4054..24487d4fb202 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -3627,17 +3627,19 @@ static void drbdd(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
                 }
 
                 shs = drbd_cmd_handler[cmd].pkt_size - sizeof(union p_header);
-                rv = drbd_recv(mdev, &header->h80.payload, shs);
-                if (unlikely(rv != shs)) {
-                        dev_err(DEV, "short read while reading sub header: rv=%d\n", rv);
-                        goto err_out;
-                }
-
                 if (packet_size - shs > 0 && !drbd_cmd_handler[cmd].expect_payload) {
                         dev_err(DEV, "No payload expected %s l:%d\n", cmdname(cmd), packet_size);
                         goto err_out;
                 }
 
+                if (shs) {
+                        rv = drbd_recv(mdev, &header->h80.payload, shs);
+                        if (unlikely(rv != shs)) {
+                                dev_err(DEV, "short read while reading sub header: rv=%d\n", rv);
+                                goto err_out;
+                        }
+                }
+
                 rv = drbd_cmd_handler[cmd].function(mdev, cmd, packet_size - shs);
 
                 if (unlikely(!rv)) {