diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index d3a837506a36d..23cc77d516763 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8668,7 +8668,6 @@ void md_write_start(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bi)
 	BUG_ON(mddev->ro == MD_RDONLY);
 	if (mddev->ro == MD_AUTO_READ) {
 		/* need to switch to read/write */
-		flush_work(&mddev->sync_work);
 		mddev->ro = MD_RDWR;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 		md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);