diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 33fc408e5eac..cb882aae9e20 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1172,6 +1172,13 @@ static void __make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 	int max_sectors;
 	int sectors;
 
+	/*
+	 * Register the new request and wait if the reconstruction
+	 * thread has put up a bar for new requests.
+	 * Continue immediately if no resync is active currently.
+	 */
+	wait_barrier(conf);
+
 	sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
 	while (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery) &&
 	    bio->bi_iter.bi_sector < conf->reshape_progress &&
@@ -1552,12 +1559,6 @@ static void make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 
 	md_write_start(mddev, bio);
 
-	/*
-	 * Register the new request and wait if the reconstruction
-	 * thread has put up a bar for new requests.
-	 * Continue immediately if no resync is active currently.
-	 */
-	wait_barrier(conf);
 
 	do {