diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 8ebcf88..664e913 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -216,10 +216,6 @@
 	adm_ctx.device = minor_to_device(d_in->minor);
 	if (adm_ctx.resource_name) {
 		adm_ctx.resource = drbd_find_resource(adm_ctx.resource_name);
-		if (adm_ctx.resource) {
-			adm_ctx.connection = first_connection(adm_ctx.resource);
-			kref_get(&adm_ctx.connection->kref);
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (!adm_ctx.device && (flags & DRBD_ADM_NEED_MINOR)) {
@@ -234,7 +230,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (flags & DRBD_ADM_NEED_CONNECTION) {
-		if (adm_ctx.connection && !(flags & DRBD_ADM_NEED_RESOURCE)) {
+		if (adm_ctx.resource) {
 			drbd_msg_put_info("no resource name expected");
 			return ERR_INVALID_REQUEST;
 		}
@@ -2211,7 +2207,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	connection = adm_ctx.connection;
+	connection = first_connection(adm_ctx.resource);
 	conn_reconfig_start(connection);
 
 	if (connection->cstate > C_STANDALONE) {