struct drbd_conf *mdev = (struct drbd_conf *) data;
        struct drbd_tconn *tconn = mdev->tconn;
        struct drbd_request *req; /* oldest request */
-       struct block_device *bdev;
        struct list_head *le;
        struct net_conf *nc;
        unsigned long ent = 0, dt = 0, et, nt; /* effective timeout = ko_count * timeout */
 
        if (get_ldev(mdev)) {
                dt = rcu_dereference(mdev->ldev->disk_conf)->disk_timeout * HZ / 10;
-               bdev = mdev->ldev->backing_bdev;
                put_ldev(mdev);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
                        _drbd_set_state(_NS(mdev, conn, C_TIMEOUT), CS_VERBOSE | CS_HARD, NULL);
                }
        }
-       if (dt && req->rq_state & RQ_LOCAL_PENDING && req->private_bio->bi_bdev == bdev) {
+       if (dt && req->rq_state & RQ_LOCAL_PENDING && req->w.mdev == mdev) {
                if (time_is_before_eq_jiffies(req->start_time + dt)) {
                        dev_warn(DEV, "Local backing device failed to meet the disk-timeout\n");
                        __drbd_chk_io_error(mdev, 1);