diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 6492e321ec00..6429d2b19e06 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static int drbd_nl_primary(struct drbd_conf *mdev, struct drbd_nl_cfg_req *nlp,
 	}
 
 	reply->ret_code =
-		drbd_set_role(mdev, R_PRIMARY, primary_args.overwrite_peer);
+		drbd_set_role(mdev, R_PRIMARY, primary_args.primary_force);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/drbd_nl.h b/include/linux/drbd_nl.h
index b41050e8cc2f..f7431a4ca608 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd_nl.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd_nl.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #endif
 
 NL_PACKET(primary, 1,
-       NL_BIT(		1,	T_MAY_IGNORE,	overwrite_peer)
+       NL_BIT(		1,	T_MAY_IGNORE,	primary_force)
 )
 
 NL_PACKET(secondary, 2, )