diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index b2699bb2e530..2c38752ca8d6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1827,6 +1827,7 @@ static inline void __drbd_chk_io_error_(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int forcedetach,
 		if (!forcedetach) {
 			if (__ratelimit(&drbd_ratelimit_state))
 				dev_err(DEV, "Local IO failed in %s.\n", where);
+			_drbd_set_state(_NS(mdev, disk, D_INCONSISTENT), CS_HARD, NULL);
 			break;
 		}
 		/* NOTE fall through to detach case if forcedetach set */
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 5b525c179f39..fd308864833f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,10 @@ static void after_state_ch(struct drbd_conf *mdev, union drbd_state os,
 		put_ldev(mdev);
 	}
 
+	/* Notify peer that I had a local IO error, and did not detached.. */
+	if (os.disk == D_UP_TO_DATE && ns.disk == D_INCONSISTENT)
+		drbd_send_state(mdev);
+
 	/* Disks got bigger while they were detached */
 	if (ns.disk > D_NEGOTIATING && ns.pdsk > D_NEGOTIATING &&
 	    test_and_clear_bit(RESYNC_AFTER_NEG, &mdev->flags)) {