1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index ac409b7d83f5..21629ae46682 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
         r1bio_t *r1_bio;
         struct bio *read_bio;
         int i, targets = 0, disks;
-        struct bitmap *bitmap = mddev->bitmap;
+        struct bitmap *bitmap;
         unsigned long flags;
         struct bio_list bl;
         struct page **behind_pages = NULL;
@@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bio)
 
         wait_barrier(conf);
 
+        bitmap = mddev->bitmap;
+
         disk_stat_inc(mddev->gendisk, ios[rw]);
         disk_stat_add(mddev->gendisk, sectors[rw], bio_sectors(bio));