diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index ec136e44aef7..a195a85cc366 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ static void raid10_read_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 	struct md_rdev *err_rdev = NULL;
 	gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOIO;
 
-	if (r10_bio->devs[slot].rdev) {
+	if (slot >= 0 && r10_bio->devs[slot].rdev) {
 		/*
 		 * This is an error retry, but we cannot
 		 * safely dereference the rdev in the r10_bio,
@@ -1510,6 +1510,7 @@ static void __make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio, int sectors)
 	r10_bio->mddev = mddev;
 	r10_bio->sector = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector;
 	r10_bio->state = 0;
+	r10_bio->read_slot = -1;
 	memset(r10_bio->devs, 0, sizeof(r10_bio->devs[0]) * conf->copies);
 
 	if (bio_data_dir(bio) == READ)