diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index 9526ccbedafb..5e41fbae3f6b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ static int raid_message(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv,
 	if (!strcasecmp(argv[0], "idle") || !strcasecmp(argv[0], "frozen")) {
 		if (mddev->sync_thread) {
 			set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-			md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
+			md_reap_sync_thread(mddev, false);
 		}
 	} else if (decipher_sync_action(mddev, mddev->recovery) != st_idle)
 		return -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 707e802d0082..1958a14a0c79 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4844,7 +4844,7 @@ action_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 				flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
 			if (mddev->sync_thread) {
 				set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-				md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
+				md_reap_sync_thread(mddev, true);
 			}
 			mddev_unlock(mddev);
 		}
@@ -6213,7 +6213,7 @@ static void __md_stop_writes(struct mddev *mddev)
 		flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
 	if (mddev->sync_thread) {
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-		md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
+		md_reap_sync_thread(mddev, true);
 	}
 
 	del_timer_sync(&mddev->safemode_timer);
@@ -9324,7 +9324,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 			 * ->spare_active and clear saved_raid_disk
 			 */
 			set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-			md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
+			md_reap_sync_thread(mddev, true);
 			clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER, &mddev->recovery);
 			clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 			clear_bit(MD_SB_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->sb_flags);
@@ -9359,7 +9359,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 			goto unlock;
 		}
 		if (mddev->sync_thread) {
-			md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
+			md_reap_sync_thread(mddev, true);
 			goto unlock;
 		}
 		/* Set RUNNING before clearing NEEDED to avoid
@@ -9432,14 +9432,18 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_check_recovery);
 
-void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev)
+void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev, bool reconfig_mutex_held)
 {
 	struct md_rdev *rdev;
 	sector_t old_dev_sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	bool is_reshaped = false;
 
+	if (reconfig_mutex_held)
+		mddev_unlock(mddev);
 	/* resync has finished, collect result */
 	md_unregister_thread(&mddev->sync_thread);
+	if (reconfig_mutex_held)
+		mddev_lock_nointr(mddev);
 	if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery) &&
 	    !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_REQUESTED, &mddev->recovery) &&
 	    mddev->degraded != mddev->raid_disks) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index cf2cbb17acbd..5f62c46ac2d3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ extern struct md_thread *md_register_thread(
 extern void md_unregister_thread(struct md_thread **threadp);
 extern void md_wakeup_thread(struct md_thread *thread);
 extern void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev);
-extern void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev);
+extern void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev, bool reconfig_mutex_held);
 extern int mddev_init_writes_pending(struct mddev *mddev);
 extern bool md_write_start(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bi);
 extern void md_write_inc(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bi);