diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index 07c0fa0fa284..41acc9dd7342 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ static int raid_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	argv++;
 
 	/* Skip over RAID params for now and find out # of devices */
-	if (num_raid_params + 1 > argc) {
+	if (num_raid_params >= argc) {
 		ti->error = "Arguments do not agree with counts given";
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -1254,6 +1254,12 @@ static int raid_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	argc -= num_raid_params + 1; /* +1: we already have num_raid_devs */
+	if (argc != (num_raid_devs * 2)) {
+		ti->error = "Supplied RAID devices does not match the count given";
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	rs = context_alloc(ti, rt, (unsigned)num_raid_devs);
 	if (IS_ERR(rs))
 		return PTR_ERR(rs);
@@ -1262,16 +1268,8 @@ static int raid_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	if (ret)
 		goto bad;
 
-	ret = -EINVAL;
-
-	argc -= num_raid_params + 1; /* +1: we already have num_raid_devs */
 	argv += num_raid_params + 1;
 
-	if (argc != (num_raid_devs * 2)) {
-		ti->error = "Supplied RAID devices does not match the count given";
-		goto bad;
-	}
-
 	ret = dev_parms(rs, argv);
 	if (ret)
 		goto bad;