diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index d84aceede1cbcc9706b339e996462f5cadddb7b8..e4ba95f6cd59803c3403cb2ab0825843edb291b8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7996,7 +7996,7 @@ bool md_write_start(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bi)
 	if (mddev->safemode == 1)
 		mddev->safemode = 0;
 	/* sync_checkers is always 0 when writes_pending is in per-cpu mode */
-	if (mddev->in_sync || !mddev->sync_checkers) {
+	if (mddev->in_sync || mddev->sync_checkers) {
 		spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
 		if (mddev->in_sync) {
 			mddev->in_sync = 0;