diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 09f07dadf4044..66cd479733987 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5057,8 +5057,10 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set) {
 		if (rdev->raid_disk < 0)
 			continue;
-		if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
+		if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
 			working_disks++;
+			continue;
+		}
 		/* This disc is not fully in-sync.  However if it
 		 * just stored parity (beyond the recovery_offset),
 		 * when we don't need to be concerned about the