diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 556c136ce74383f049e8959d6526b346b6048098..2ecd4a782203dc7c9295fe457ef30a84a5b92d03 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -9763,16 +9763,18 @@ static int read_rdev(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 
 void md_reload_sb(struct mddev *mddev, int nr)
 {
-	struct md_rdev *rdev;
+	struct md_rdev *rdev = NULL, *iter;
 	int err;
 
 	/* Find the rdev */
-	rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev) {
-		if (rdev->desc_nr == nr)
+	rdev_for_each_rcu(iter, mddev) {
+		if (iter->desc_nr == nr) {
+			rdev = iter;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
-	if (!rdev || rdev->desc_nr != nr) {
+	if (!rdev) {
 		pr_warn("%s: %d Could not find rdev with nr %d\n", __func__, __LINE__, nr);
 		return;
 	}