diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index ed29fc899f068943203480d01e1401b6adabe167..1a632a8c80050b0ef632496ca51bdadec354e117 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,8 @@ static void __make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 	int max_sectors;
 	int sectors;
 
+	md_write_start(mddev, bio);
+
 	/*
 	 * Register the new request and wait if the reconstruction
 	 * thread has put up a bar for new requests.
@@ -1445,8 +1447,6 @@ static void raid10_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	md_write_start(mddev, bio);
-
 	do {
 
 		/*