diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 51af7f3..34dd545 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5389,7 +5389,8 @@
 		return -EINVAL;
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
-	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors && mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
+	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors &&
+	    mddev->recovery_cp > mddev->dev_sectors) {
 		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	}