diff --git a/lib/bdev.py b/lib/bdev.py
index 6c20b4bbd42af1d4702dfb36a52fce891585a7bc..9221d0c53000b6132501d1217366e49032259a61 100644
--- a/lib/bdev.py
+++ b/lib/bdev.py
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ class BaseDRBD(BlockDev): # pylint: disable=W0223
   _ST_WFCONNECTION = "WFConnection"
   _ST_CONNECTED = "Connected"
 
-  _STATUS_FILE = "/proc/drbd"
+  _STATUS_FILE = constants.DRBD_STATUS_FILE
   _USERMODE_HELPER_FILE = "/sys/module/drbd/parameters/usermode_helper"
 
   @staticmethod
diff --git a/lib/constants.py b/lib/constants.py
index e629175e1e2f03b960492d02910ef1d3cfdd02fb..de13c9d0a16497fa0e68e812ac31746a1ba7f957 100644
--- a/lib/constants.py
+++ b/lib/constants.py
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ LDS_BLOCK = frozenset([LD_LV, LD_DRBD8, LD_BLOCKDEV, LD_RBD])
 # drbd constants
 DRBD_HMAC_ALG = "md5"
 DRBD_NET_PROTOCOL = "C"
+DRBD_STATUS_FILE = "/proc/drbd"
 
 #: Size of DRBD meta block device
 DRBD_META_SIZE = 128