diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8b2eb0f4122f..707471e3cb01 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7468,8 +7468,8 @@ void md_wakeup_thread(struct md_thread *thread)
 {
 	if (thread) {
 		pr_debug("md: waking up MD thread %s.\n", thread->tsk->comm);
-		if (!test_and_set_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags))
-			wake_up(&thread->wqueue);
+		set_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags);
+		wake_up(&thread->wqueue);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_wakeup_thread);