diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f2522f47f3a2..4940c6c3d5f6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bf572541ab44240163eaa2d486b06f306a31d45a
+refs/heads/master: 6c9879101442b08581e8a0e3ae6b7f643a78fd63
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index 0da25daea9be..a3019121dc57 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6042,7 +6042,8 @@ static int md_thread(void * arg)
 			 || kthread_should_stop(),
 			 thread->timeout);
 
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags))
+		clear_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags);
+		if (!kthread_should_stop())
 			thread->run(thread->mddev);
 	}