diff --git a/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drbd/drbd_main.c
index 1a1c4f6..719a5fe 100644
--- a/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ int drbd_release_ee(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct list_head *list)
 }
 
 
-STATIC void reclaim_net_ee(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
+STATIC enum { RN_EMPTY, RN_NOT_EMPTY } reclaim_net_ee(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 {
 	struct drbd_epoch_entry *e;
 	struct list_head *le, *tle;
@@ -370,10 +370,12 @@ STATIC void reclaim_net_ee(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	list_for_each_safe(le, tle, &mdev->net_ee) {
 		e = list_entry(le, struct drbd_epoch_entry, w.list);
 		if (drbd_bio_has_active_page(e->private_bio))
-			break;
+			return RN_NOT_EMPTY;
 		list_del(le);
 		drbd_free_ee(mdev, e);
 	}
+
+	return RN_EMPTY;
 }
 
 
@@ -3552,7 +3554,13 @@ STATIC void drbd_disconnect(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 	_drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(mdev, &mdev->sync_ee);
 	_drbd_clear_done_ee(mdev);
 	_drbd_wait_ee_list_empty(mdev, &mdev->read_ee);
-	reclaim_net_ee(mdev);
+	while (reclaim_net_ee(mdev) == RN_NOT_EMPTY) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
+		dev_info(DEV, "Waiting for TCP to finally give up all page references\n");
+		__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+		schedule_timeout(HZ / 10);
+		spin_lock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
+	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mdev->req_lock);
 
 	/* We do not have data structures that would allow us to