diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 0bcefad82413..16775a0df7f6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,8 @@ static void sync_request_write(mddev_t *mddev, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
 					j = 0;
 				if (j >= 0)
 					mddev->resync_mismatches += r1_bio->sectors;
-				if (j < 0 || test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery)) {
+				if (j < 0 || (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery)
+					      && test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &sbio->bi_flags))) {
 					sbio->bi_end_io = NULL;
 					rdev_dec_pending(conf->mirrors[i].rdev, mddev);
 				} else {