diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 7c1f733988001c3dee5504846099c4da9cc37382..a17ed6218d51628de08639f11509814de2e63b59 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1529,17 +1529,16 @@ static void raid1_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 			plug = container_of(cb, struct raid1_plug_cb, cb);
 		else
 			plug = NULL;
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		if (plug) {
 			bio_list_add(&plug->pending, mbio);
 			plug->pending_cnt++;
 		} else {
+			spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 			bio_list_add(&conf->pending_bio_list, mbio);
 			conf->pending_count++;
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
-		if (!plug)
+			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 			md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+		}
 	}
 
 	r1_bio_write_done(r1_bio);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 6b86a0032cf86683834c1ce82fcda6e6bd6b8e80..4343d7ff9916bee9a9a399572c2bd3313723fa3a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1282,17 +1282,16 @@ static void raid10_write_one_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct r10bio *r10_bio,
 		plug = container_of(cb, struct raid10_plug_cb, cb);
 	else
 		plug = NULL;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 	if (plug) {
 		bio_list_add(&plug->pending, mbio);
 		plug->pending_cnt++;
 	} else {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		bio_list_add(&conf->pending_bio_list, mbio);
 		conf->pending_count++;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
-	if (!plug)
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+	}
 }
 
 static void raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,