diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 31d04b17c45f..5c2254853559 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void _req_may_be_done(struct drbd_request *req, struct bio_and_error *m)
 		if (!hlist_unhashed(&req->colision))
 			hlist_del(&req->colision);
 		else
-			D_ASSERT((s & RQ_NET_MASK) == 0);
+			D_ASSERT((s & (RQ_NET_MASK & ~RQ_NET_DONE)) == 0);
 
 		/* for writes we need to do some extra housekeeping */
 		if (rw == WRITE)
diff --git a/include/linux/drbd.h b/include/linux/drbd.h
index 9b2a0158f399..ef44c7a0638c 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 
 extern const char *drbd_buildtag(void);
-#define REL_VERSION "8.3.9rc2"
+#define REL_VERSION "8.3.9"
 #define API_VERSION 88
 #define PRO_VERSION_MIN 86
 #define PRO_VERSION_MAX 95