int drbd_send_ov_request(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector, int size)
 {
-       int ok;
        struct p_block_req p;
 
        p.sector   = cpu_to_be64(sector);
        p.block_id = ID_SYNCER /* unused */;
        p.blksize  = cpu_to_be32(size);
 
-       ok = !drbd_send_cmd(mdev, &mdev->tconn->data, P_OV_REQUEST, &p.head, sizeof(p));
-       return ok;
+       return drbd_send_cmd(mdev, &mdev->tconn->data, P_OV_REQUEST, &p.head, sizeof(p));
 }
 
 /* called on sndtimeo
 
                        size = (capacity-sector)<<9;
 
                inc_rs_pending(mdev);
-               if (!drbd_send_ov_request(mdev, sector, size)) {
+               if (drbd_send_ov_request(mdev, sector, size)) {
                        dec_rs_pending(mdev);
                        return 0;
                }