diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
index 358a06495902..4b5ba81c53be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
@@ -2476,11 +2476,11 @@ timeout_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 		 * the bitmap is all clean and we don't need to
 		 * adjust the timeout right now
 		 */
-		if (mddev->thread->timeout < MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT) {
+		if (mddev->thread->timeout < MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT)
 			mddev->thread->timeout = timeout;
-			md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
-		}
 	}
+
+	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 	return len;
 }