Method for generating a blocking moment in a standstill state of an electrically commutated electric motor having at least two windings (A, B, S12, S23, S31), on which electric motor a possibly varying load moment acts from outside in the standstill state, wherein, in the method, a) a blocking current with a maximum value is supplied into a terminal (A0, A1, B0, B1, P1, P2, P3) of a first winding (A, B, S12, S23, S31), b) a motor inductivity parameter is determined which represents an inductivity of the electric motor when the maximum blocking current is supplied thereto in a standstill state, and the value of this maximum inductivity parameter forms an initial value, c) it is attempted, by successively reducing the blocking current, to achieve a deviation of the value of the motor inductivity parameter from the initial value by more than a predetermined control deviation, characterized in that d) in case such a deviation of the motor inductivity parameter does not occur, the reduction of the blocking current is stopped upon reaching a predetermined minimum value for the blocking current, whereupon the value of the motor inductivity parameter is controlled to a value that does not deviate from the initial control value of the motor inductivity parameter given at the start of the control by more than the control deviation, e) in case that in step c) a deviation of the value of the motor inductivity parameter by more than the predetermined control deviation occurs, the value of the motor inductivity parameter is controlled to a value that does not deviate from the initial control value of the motor inductivity parameter given at the start of the control by more than the control deviation, f) a change of the motor inductivity parameter by a value greater than the control deviation, caused by a change of the load moment, is compensated by the control, the blocking current, however, being selected such that it is not smaller than the predetermined minimum value and such that it is not greater than the predetermined maximum value. a) a blocking current with a maximum value is supplied into a terminal (A0, A1, B0, B1, P1, P2, P3) of a first winding (A, B, S12, S23, S31), b) a motor inductivity parameter is determined which represents an inductivity of the electric motor when the maximum blocking current is supplied thereto in a standstill state, and the value of this maximum inductivity parameter forms an initial value, c) it is attempted, by successively reducing the blocking current, to achieve a deviation of the value of the motor inductivity parameter from the initial value by more than a predetermined control deviation, characterized in that d) in case such a deviation of the motor inductivity parameter does not occur, the reduction of the blocking current is stopped upon reaching a predetermined minimum value for the blocking current, whereupon the value of the motor inductivity parameter is controlled to a value that does not deviate from the initial control value of the motor inductivity parameter given at the start of the control by more than the control deviation, e) in case that in step c) a deviation of the value of the motor inductivity parameter by more than the predetermined control deviation occurs, the value of the motor inductivity parameter is controlled to a value that does not deviate from the initial control value of the motor inductivity parameter given at the start of the control by more than the control deviation, f) a change of the motor inductivity parameter by a value greater than the control deviation, caused by a change of the load moment, is compensated by the control, the blocking current, however, being selected such that it is not smaller than the predetermined minimum value and such that it is not greater than the predetermined maximum value. <EOS>