diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 2dfbcfa1a7b2..52378ccda745 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@ int drbd_send(struct drbd_tconn *tconn, struct socket *sock,
 	int rv, sent = 0;
 
 	if (!sock)
-		return -1000;
+		return -EBADR;
 
 	/* THINK  if (signal_pending) return ... ? */