diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 087eee0cb809..ee0ea9183080 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2369,8 +2369,8 @@ static void handle_parity_checks5(raid5_conf_t *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 
 	/* complete a check operation */
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.complete)) {
-	    clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.ack);
-	    clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.pending);
+		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.ack);
+		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.pending);
 		if (s->failed == 0) {
 			if (sh->ops.zero_sum_result == 0)
 				/* parity is correct (on disc,
@@ -2400,16 +2400,6 @@ static void handle_parity_checks5(raid5_conf_t *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 			canceled_check = 1; /* STRIPE_INSYNC is not set */
 	}
 
-	/* check if we can clear a parity disk reconstruct */
-	if (test_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.complete) &&
-		test_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending)) {
-
-		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending);
-		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.complete);
-		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.ack);
-		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.pending);
-	}
-
 	/* start a new check operation if there are no failures, the stripe is
 	 * not insync, and a repair is not in flight
 	 */
@@ -2424,6 +2414,17 @@ static void handle_parity_checks5(raid5_conf_t *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* check if we can clear a parity disk reconstruct */
+	if (test_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.complete) &&
+	    test_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending)) {
+
+		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending);
+		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.complete);
+		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.ack);
+		clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.pending);
+	}
+
+
 	/* Wait for check parity and compute block operations to complete
 	 * before write-back.  If a failure occurred while the check operation
 	 * was in flight we need to cycle this stripe through handle_stripe