diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 08274b4b40093d60addbc62257e54368ffba7bb6..f94472dd0323a34d59785dbfa9d352af39d4b2ef 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6372,7 +6372,7 @@ static void free_conf(struct r5conf *conf)
 {
 	if (conf->log)
 		r5l_exit_log(conf->log);
-	if (conf->shrinker.seeks)
+	if (conf->shrinker.nr_deferred)
 		unregister_shrinker(&conf->shrinker);
 
 	free_thread_groups(conf);