diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index fd3a2a14b587..4a6ca1cb2e78 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1953,11 +1953,15 @@ static int process_checks(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks * 2; i++) {
 		int j;
 		int size;
+		int uptodate;
 		struct bio *b = r1_bio->bios[i];
 		if (b->bi_end_io != end_sync_read)
 			continue;
-		/* fixup the bio for reuse */
+		/* fixup the bio for reuse, but preserve BIO_UPTODATE */
+		uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &b->bi_flags);
 		bio_reset(b);
+		if (!uptodate)
+			clear_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &b->bi_flags);
 		b->bi_vcnt = vcnt;
 		b->bi_iter.bi_size = r1_bio->sectors << 9;
 		b->bi_iter.bi_sector = r1_bio->sector +
@@ -1990,11 +1994,14 @@ static int process_checks(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 		int j;
 		struct bio *pbio = r1_bio->bios[primary];
 		struct bio *sbio = r1_bio->bios[i];
+		int uptodate = test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &sbio->bi_flags);
 
 		if (sbio->bi_end_io != end_sync_read)
 			continue;
+		/* Now we can 'fixup' the BIO_UPTODATE flag */
+		set_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &sbio->bi_flags);
 
-		if (test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &sbio->bi_flags)) {
+		if (uptodate) {
 			for (j = vcnt; j-- ; ) {
 				struct page *p, *s;
 				p = pbio->bi_io_vec[j].bv_page;
@@ -2009,7 +2016,7 @@ static int process_checks(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 		if (j >= 0)
 			atomic64_add(r1_bio->sectors, &mddev->resync_mismatches);
 		if (j < 0 || (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery)
-			      && test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &sbio->bi_flags))) {
+			      && uptodate)) {
 			/* No need to write to this device. */
 			sbio->bi_end_io = NULL;
 			rdev_dec_pending(conf->mirrors[i].rdev, mddev);