diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 40a1c4f..03fc853 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@
 	char *argv[] = {usermode_helper, cmd, mb, NULL };
 	int ret;
 
+	if (current == mdev->worker.task)
+		set_bit(CALLBACK_PENDING, &mdev->flags);
+
 	snprintf(mb, 12, "minor-%d", mdev_to_minor(mdev));
 
 	if (get_net_conf(mdev)) {
@@ -189,6 +192,9 @@
 				usermode_helper, cmd, mb,
 				(ret >> 8) & 0xff, ret);
 
+	if (current == mdev->worker.task)
+		clear_bit(CALLBACK_PENDING, &mdev->flags);
+
 	if (ret < 0) /* Ignore any ERRNOs we got. */
 		ret = 0;