diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index ec06e744be42..a529285b0cd3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ enum drbd_packets {
 	/* P_CKPT_DISABLE_REQ    = 0x26, * currently reserved for protocol D */
 	P_DELAY_PROBE         = 0x27, /* is used on BOTH sockets */
 	P_OUT_OF_SYNC         = 0x28, /* Mark as out of sync (Outrunning), data socket */
+	P_RS_CANCEL           = 0x29, /* meta: Used to cancel RS_DATA_REQUEST packet by SyncSource */
 
-	P_MAX_CMD	      = 0x28,
+	P_MAX_CMD	      = 0x2A,
 	P_MAY_IGNORE	      = 0x100, /* Flag to test if (cmd > P_MAY_IGNORE) ... */
 	P_MAX_OPT_CMD	      = 0x101,
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index f0a0f66fbe68..bf865bd83414 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -4361,7 +4361,16 @@ static int got_NegRSDReply(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header80 *h)
 
 	if (get_ldev_if_state(mdev, D_FAILED)) {
 		drbd_rs_complete_io(mdev, sector);
-		drbd_rs_failed_io(mdev, sector, size);
+		switch (be16_to_cpu(h->command)) {
+		case P_NEG_RS_DREPLY:
+			drbd_rs_failed_io(mdev, sector, size);
+		case P_RS_CANCEL:
+			break;
+		default:
+			D_ASSERT(0);
+			put_ldev(mdev);
+			return false;
+		}
 		put_ldev(mdev);
 	}
 
@@ -4459,6 +4468,7 @@ static struct asender_cmd *get_asender_cmd(int cmd)
 	[P_STATE_CHG_REPLY] = { sizeof(struct p_req_state_reply), got_RqSReply },
 	[P_RS_IS_IN_SYNC]   = { sizeof(struct p_block_ack), got_IsInSync },
 	[P_DELAY_PROBE]     = { sizeof(struct p_delay_probe93), got_skip },
+	[P_RS_CANCEL]       = { sizeof(struct p_block_ack), got_NegRSDReply},
 	[P_MAX_CMD]	    = { 0, NULL },
 	};
 	if (cmd > P_MAX_CMD || asender_tbl[cmd].process == NULL)
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
index 7bfeb79e7105..1d7510ebaa43 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_worker.c
@@ -988,7 +988,9 @@ int w_e_end_rsdata_req(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_work *w, int cancel)
 		put_ldev(mdev);
 	}
 
-	if (likely((e->flags & EE_WAS_ERROR) == 0)) {
+	if (mdev->state.conn == C_AHEAD) {
+		ok = drbd_send_ack(mdev, P_RS_CANCEL, e);
+	} else if (likely((e->flags & EE_WAS_ERROR) == 0)) {
 		if (likely(mdev->state.pdsk >= D_INCONSISTENT)) {
 			inc_rs_pending(mdev);
 			ok = drbd_send_block(mdev, P_RS_DATA_REPLY, e);