diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a8fbaa384e9ae5174327f57daafb24616f92c5f8..2fe4f93d1d7d4b3a293933a36c65d26120c3933f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8778,6 +8778,18 @@ static void md_start_sync(struct work_struct *ws)
  */
 void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
+	if (test_bit(MD_ALLOW_SB_UPDATE, &mddev->flags) && mddev->sb_flags) {
+		/* Write superblock - thread that called mddev_suspend()
+		 * holds reconfig_mutex for us.
+		 */
+		set_bit(MD_UPDATING_SB, &mddev->flags);
+		smp_mb__after_atomic();
+		if (test_bit(MD_ALLOW_SB_UPDATE, &mddev->flags))
+			md_update_sb(mddev, 0);
+		clear_bit_unlock(MD_UPDATING_SB, &mddev->flags);
+		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
+	}
+
 	if (mddev->suspended)
 		return;
 
@@ -8938,16 +8950,6 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 	unlock:
 		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
 		mddev_unlock(mddev);
-	} else if (test_bit(MD_ALLOW_SB_UPDATE, &mddev->flags) && mddev->sb_flags) {
-		/* Write superblock - thread that called mddev_suspend()
-		 * holds reconfig_mutex for us.
-		 */
-		set_bit(MD_UPDATING_SB, &mddev->flags);
-		smp_mb__after_atomic();
-		if (test_bit(MD_ALLOW_SB_UPDATE, &mddev->flags))
-			md_update_sb(mddev, 0);
-		clear_bit_unlock(MD_UPDATING_SB, &mddev->flags);
-		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_check_recovery);