diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index abf58ef633a39a87d40a77aebd7ecc510d2ddde5..cd86a3a1f771f3c9d337f5b5ce691540df787abc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -9531,7 +9531,6 @@ void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev) && is_reshaped
 				      && !test_bit(MD_CLOSING, &mddev->flags))
 		md_cluster_ops->update_size(mddev, old_dev_sectors);
-	wake_up(&resync_wait);
 	/* flag recovery needed just to double check */
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_completed);
@@ -9539,6 +9538,7 @@ void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev)
 	md_new_event(mddev);
 	if (mddev->event_work.func)
 		queue_work(md_misc_wq, &mddev->event_work);
+	wake_up(&resync_wait);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_reap_sync_thread);