diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 2a1c19f87d01..fbf04160d009 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8792,12 +8792,16 @@ void md_do_sync(struct md_thread *thread)
 	int ret;
 
 	/* just incase thread restarts... */
-	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery) ||
-	    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_WAIT, &mddev->recovery))
+	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery))
 		return;
-	if (!md_is_rdwr(mddev)) {/* never try to sync a read-only array */
+
+	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery))
+		goto skip;
+
+	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_WAIT, &mddev->recovery) ||
+	    !md_is_rdwr(mddev)) {/* never try to sync a read-only array */
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-		return;
+		goto skip;
 	}
 
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev)) {