diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index f22a5283128a2906e5ce5ee624d9fe3da414271c..d065c646b35a06fe9fba171864951efbe12e405d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ static int receive_Barrier(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header *h)
 	epoch = kmalloc(sizeof(struct drbd_epoch), GFP_NOIO);
 	if (!epoch) {
 		dev_warn(DEV, "Allocation of an epoch failed, slowing down\n");
-		issue_flush = !test_and_set_bit(DE_BARRIER_IN_NEXT_EPOCH_ISSUED, &epoch->flags);
+		issue_flush = !test_and_set_bit(DE_BARRIER_IN_NEXT_EPOCH_ISSUED, &mdev->current_epoch->flags);
 		drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(mdev, &mdev->active_ee);
 		if (issue_flush) {
 			rv = drbd_flush_after_epoch(mdev, mdev->current_epoch);