diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 6b70c8bdb4be600f7697b6416fbaeecccf90213f..3cb90d7e88d93a0ff325514760d5af55858ecf5b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6475,6 +6475,9 @@ static void raid5d(struct md_thread *thread)
 		int batch_size, released;
 		unsigned int offset;
 
+		if (test_bit(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->sb_flags))
+			break;
+
 		released = release_stripe_list(conf, conf->temp_inactive_list);
 		if (released)
 			clear_bit(R5_DID_ALLOC, &conf->cache_state);