diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index bee694be2013..9a3e6a5ae2ec 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -3201,7 +3201,6 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 				    !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
 					continue;
 				/* This is where we read from */
-				any_working = 1;
 				sector = r10_bio->devs[j].addr;
 
 				if (is_badblock(rdev, sector, max_sync,
@@ -3216,6 +3215,7 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 						continue;
 					}
 				}
+				any_working = 1;
 				bio = r10_bio->devs[0].bio;
 				bio->bi_next = biolist;
 				biolist = bio;