diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
index 5efb876a588d3e441d9d2302be94e7ce0e3fe23d..c3b3124e033b9ea81881c243292ba21d55734726 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
@@ -2542,14 +2542,12 @@ static int r5l_load_log(struct r5l_log *log)
 	if (log->max_free_space > RECLAIM_MAX_FREE_SPACE)
 		log->max_free_space = RECLAIM_MAX_FREE_SPACE;
 	log->last_checkpoint = cp;
-	log->next_checkpoint = cp;
-	mutex_lock(&log->io_mutex);
-	r5c_update_log_state(log);
-	mutex_unlock(&log->io_mutex);
 
 	__free_page(page);
 
-	return r5l_recovery_log(log);
+	ret = r5l_recovery_log(log);
+	r5c_update_log_state(log);
+	return ret;
 ioerr:
 	__free_page(page);
 	return ret;