diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 1c27aa10f89c..7b0c706f33e7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5355,6 +5355,10 @@ static sector_t reshape_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *sk
 		    conf->reshape_progress < raid5_size(mddev, 0, 0)) {
 			sector_nr = raid5_size(mddev, 0, 0)
 				- conf->reshape_progress;
+		} else if (mddev->reshape_backwards &&
+			   conf->reshape_progress == MaxSector) {
+			/* shouldn't happen, but just in case, finish up.*/
+			sector_nr = MaxSector;
 		} else if (!mddev->reshape_backwards &&
 			   conf->reshape_progress > 0)
 			sector_nr = conf->reshape_progress;
@@ -7446,6 +7450,7 @@ static void end_reshape(struct r5conf *conf)
 			rdev->data_offset = rdev->new_data_offset;
 		smp_wmb();
 		conf->reshape_progress = MaxSector;
+		conf->mddev->reshape_position = MaxSector;
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);