diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index d4d3b67ffbba7c7b57b142efb5f9441d8511c9a1..ba00e9877f025caff86ae8efa93029f9664f2085 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6598,7 +6598,6 @@ raid5_show_group_thread_cnt(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
 
 static int alloc_thread_groups(struct r5conf *conf, int cnt,
 			       int *group_cnt,
-			       int *worker_cnt_per_group,
 			       struct r5worker_group **worker_groups);
 static ssize_t
 raid5_store_group_thread_cnt(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
@@ -6607,7 +6606,7 @@ raid5_store_group_thread_cnt(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 	unsigned int new;
 	int err;
 	struct r5worker_group *new_groups, *old_groups;
-	int group_cnt, worker_cnt_per_group;
+	int group_cnt;
 
 	if (len >= PAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -6630,13 +6629,11 @@ raid5_store_group_thread_cnt(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 		if (old_groups)
 			flush_workqueue(raid5_wq);
 
-		err = alloc_thread_groups(conf, new,
-					  &group_cnt, &worker_cnt_per_group,
-					  &new_groups);
+		err = alloc_thread_groups(conf, new, &group_cnt, &new_groups);
 		if (!err) {
 			spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 			conf->group_cnt = group_cnt;
-			conf->worker_cnt_per_group = worker_cnt_per_group;
+			conf->worker_cnt_per_group = new;
 			conf->worker_groups = new_groups;
 			spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
@@ -6672,16 +6669,13 @@ static struct attribute_group raid5_attrs_group = {
 	.attrs = raid5_attrs,
 };
 
-static int alloc_thread_groups(struct r5conf *conf, int cnt,
-			       int *group_cnt,
-			       int *worker_cnt_per_group,
+static int alloc_thread_groups(struct r5conf *conf, int cnt, int *group_cnt,
 			       struct r5worker_group **worker_groups)
 {
 	int i, j, k;
 	ssize_t size;
 	struct r5worker *workers;
 
-	*worker_cnt_per_group = cnt;
 	if (cnt == 0) {
 		*group_cnt = 0;
 		*worker_groups = NULL;
@@ -6882,7 +6876,7 @@ static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 	struct disk_info *disk;
 	char pers_name[6];
 	int i;
-	int group_cnt, worker_cnt_per_group;
+	int group_cnt;
 	struct r5worker_group *new_group;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -6928,10 +6922,9 @@ static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 	for (i = 0; i < PENDING_IO_MAX; i++)
 		list_add(&conf->pending_data[i].sibling, &conf->free_list);
 	/* Don't enable multi-threading by default*/
-	if (!alloc_thread_groups(conf, 0, &group_cnt, &worker_cnt_per_group,
-				 &new_group)) {
+	if (!alloc_thread_groups(conf, 0, &group_cnt, &new_group)) {
 		conf->group_cnt = group_cnt;
-		conf->worker_cnt_per_group = worker_cnt_per_group;
+		conf->worker_cnt_per_group = 0;
 		conf->worker_groups = new_group;
 	} else
 		goto abort;