diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index ddd8a5f..cfca6ed 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@
 		bio_trim(wbio, sector - r1_bio->sector, sectors);
 		wbio->bi_iter.bi_sector += rdev->data_offset;
 		wbio->bi_bdev = rdev->bdev;
-		if (submit_bio_wait(WRITE, wbio) == 0)
+		if (submit_bio_wait(WRITE, wbio) < 0)
 			/* failure! */
 			ok = rdev_set_badblocks(rdev, sector,
 						sectors, 0)