diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 85dc0e67fb88..9748e525e4c0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2216,7 +2216,8 @@ static int resize_stripes(struct r5conf *conf, int newsize)
 
 	conf->slab_cache = sc;
 	conf->active_name = 1-conf->active_name;
-	conf->pool_size = newsize;
+	if (!err)
+		conf->pool_size = newsize;
 	return err;
 }