diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 146749b277c6cc75dcc06ba78d9d78f81f04c2f6..867d1b4e9634682ba8184d65f4aff28dd24c3391 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -3218,7 +3218,7 @@ static sector_t sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 				else {
 					bad_sectors -= (sector - first_bad);
 					if (max_sync > bad_sectors)
-						max_sync = max_sync;
+						max_sync = bad_sectors;
 					continue;
 				}
 			}