int err;
 
        while (get_t_state(&tconn->receiver) == RUNNING) {
+               struct data_cmd *cmd;
+
                drbd_thread_current_set_cpu(&tconn->receiver);
                if (drbd_recv_header(tconn, &pi))
                        goto err_out;
 
-               if (unlikely(pi.cmd >= ARRAY_SIZE(drbd_cmd_handler) ||
-                   !drbd_cmd_handler[pi.cmd].mdev_fn)) {
+               cmd = &drbd_cmd_handler[pi.cmd];
+               if (unlikely(pi.cmd >= ARRAY_SIZE(drbd_cmd_handler) || !cmd->mdev_fn)) {
                        conn_err(tconn, "unknown packet type %d, l: %d!\n", pi.cmd, pi.size);
                        goto err_out;
                }
 
-               shs = drbd_cmd_handler[pi.cmd].pkt_size - sizeof(struct p_header);
-               if (pi.size - shs > 0 && !drbd_cmd_handler[pi.cmd].expect_payload) {
+               shs = cmd->pkt_size - sizeof(struct p_header);
+               if (pi.size - shs > 0 && !cmd->expect_payload) {
                        conn_err(tconn, "No payload expected %s l:%d\n", cmdname(pi.cmd), pi.size);
                        goto err_out;
                }
                                goto err_out;
                }
 
-               if (drbd_cmd_handler[pi.cmd].fa_type == CONN) {
-                       err = drbd_cmd_handler[pi.cmd].conn_fn(tconn, pi.cmd, pi.size - shs);
+               if (cmd->fa_type == CONN) {
+                       err = cmd->conn_fn(tconn, pi.cmd, pi.size - shs);
                } else {
                        struct drbd_conf *mdev = vnr_to_mdev(tconn, pi.vnr);
                        err = mdev ?
-                               drbd_cmd_handler[pi.cmd].mdev_fn(mdev, pi.cmd, pi.size - shs) :
+                               cmd->mdev_fn(mdev, pi.cmd, pi.size - shs) :
                                tconn_receive_skip(tconn, pi.cmd, pi.size - shs);
                }