1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 9ae21504db8a..bfc9f52f0ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ static int make_request(request_queue_t *q, struct bio * bio)
                 return 0;
         }
 
+        if (md_write_start(mddev, bio) == 0)
+                return 0;
+
         /*
          * Register the new request and wait if the reconstruction
          * thread has put up a bar for new requests.
@@ -774,7 +777,7 @@ static int make_request(request_queue_t *q, struct bio * bio)
         rcu_read_unlock();
 
         atomic_set(&r10_bio->remaining, 1);
-        md_write_start(mddev);
+
         for (i = 0; i < conf->copies; i++) {
                 struct bio *mbio;
                 int d = r10_bio->devs[i].devnum;