diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 475fba4d371e0..54c8ee28fcc49 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2898,6 +2898,8 @@ static void handle_stripe5(struct stripe_head *sh)
 
 		for (i = conf->raid_disks; i--; ) {
 			set_bit(R5_Wantwrite, &sh->dev[i].flags);
+			set_bit(R5_LOCKED, &dev->flags);
+			s.locked++;
 			if (!test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_OP_IO, &sh->ops.pending))
 				sh->ops.count++;
 		}
@@ -2911,6 +2913,7 @@ static void handle_stripe5(struct stripe_head *sh)
 			conf->raid_disks);
 		s.locked += handle_write_operations5(sh, 1, 1);
 	} else if (s.expanded &&
+		   s.locked == 0 &&
 		!test_bit(STRIPE_OP_POSTXOR, &sh->ops.pending)) {
 		clear_bit(STRIPE_EXPAND_READY, &sh->state);
 		atomic_dec(&conf->reshape_stripes);