diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index ec5f0a1794e92662e2f506999659ea52bcb35702..badf02d8e84853cdd53f1ff832b2ff4764a93043 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -2941,10 +2941,6 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 	sector_t chunk_mask = conf->geo.chunk_mask;
 	int page_idx = 0;
 
-	if (!mempool_initialized(&conf->r10buf_pool))
-		if (init_resync(conf))
-			return 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Allow skipping a full rebuild for incremental assembly
 	 * of a clean array, like RAID1 does.
@@ -2960,6 +2956,10 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 		return mddev->dev_sectors - sector_nr;
 	}
 
+	if (!mempool_initialized(&conf->r10buf_pool))
+		if (init_resync(conf))
+			return 0;
+
  skipped:
 	max_sector = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery) ||