diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
index 4b250667bb7f..ba95ab84b2be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
@@ -184,9 +184,14 @@ int bch_journal_read(struct cache_set *c, struct list_head *list,
 		pr_debug("starting binary search, l %u r %u", l, r);
 
 		while (l + 1 < r) {
+			seq = list_entry(list->prev, struct journal_replay,
+					 list)->j.seq;
+
 			m = (l + r) >> 1;
+			read_bucket(m);
 
-			if (read_bucket(m))
+			if (seq != list_entry(list->prev, struct journal_replay,
+					      list)->j.seq)
 				l = m;
 			else
 				r = m;