}
 
 static struct drbd_request *
-find_request(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
-            struct hlist_head *(*hash_slot)(struct drbd_conf *, sector_t),
-            u64 id, sector_t sector, bool missing_ok, const char *func)
+find_request(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct rb_root *root, u64 id,
+            sector_t sector, bool missing_ok, const char *func)
 {
-       struct hlist_head *slot = hash_slot(mdev, sector);
-       struct hlist_node *n;
        struct drbd_request *req;
 
-       hlist_for_each_entry(req, n, slot, collision) {
-               if ((unsigned long)req != (unsigned long)id)
-                       continue;
-               if (req->i.sector != sector) {
-                       dev_err(DEV, "%s: found request %lu but it has "
-                               "wrong sector (%llus versus %llus)\n",
-                               func, (unsigned long)req,
-                               (unsigned long long)req->i.sector,
-                               (unsigned long long)sector);
-                       return NULL;
-               }
+       /* Request object according to our peer */
+       req = (struct drbd_request *)(unsigned long)id;
+       if (drbd_contains_interval(root, sector, &req->i))
                return req;
-       }
        if (!missing_ok) {
                dev_err(DEV, "%s: failed to find request %lu, sector %llus\n", func,
                        (unsigned long)id, (unsigned long long)sector);
        sector = be64_to_cpu(p->sector);
 
        spin_lock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
-       req = find_request(mdev, ar_hash_slot, p->block_id, sector, false, __func__);
+       req = find_request(mdev, &mdev->read_requests, p->block_id, sector, false, __func__);
        spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
        if (unlikely(!req))
                return false;
        return true;
 }
 
-static int validate_req_change_req_state(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
-       u64 id, sector_t sector,
-       struct hlist_head *(*hash_slot)(struct drbd_conf *, sector_t),
-       const char *func, enum drbd_req_event what, bool missing_ok)
+static int
+validate_req_change_req_state(struct drbd_conf *mdev, u64 id, sector_t sector,
+                             struct rb_root *root, const char *func,
+                             enum drbd_req_event what, bool missing_ok)
 {
        struct drbd_request *req;
        struct bio_and_error m;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
-       req = find_request(mdev, hash_slot, id, sector, missing_ok, func);
+       req = find_request(mdev, root, id, sector, missing_ok, func);
        if (unlikely(!req)) {
                spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
                return false;
        }
 
        return validate_req_change_req_state(mdev, p->block_id, sector,
-                                            tl_hash_slot, __func__, what,
-                                            false);
+                                            &mdev->write_requests, __func__,
+                                            what, false);
 }
 
 static int got_NegAck(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header80 *h)
        }
 
        found = validate_req_change_req_state(mdev, p->block_id, sector,
-                                             tl_hash_slot, __func__,
+                                             &mdev->write_requests, __func__,
                                              neg_acked, missing_ok);
        if (!found) {
                /* Protocol A has no P_WRITE_ACKs, but has P_NEG_ACKs.
            (unsigned long long)sector, be32_to_cpu(p->blksize));
 
        return validate_req_change_req_state(mdev, p->block_id, sector,
-                                            ar_hash_slot, __func__, neg_acked,
-                                            false);
+                                            &mdev->read_requests, __func__,
+                                            neg_acked, false);
 }
 
 static int got_NegRSDReply(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct p_header80 *h)