1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 681d1099a2d5..9b82377a833b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5268,8 +5268,8 @@ static void md_clean(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 static void __md_stop_writes(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
+        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
         if (mddev->sync_thread) {
-                set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
                 set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
                 md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
         }