diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index d794d8745144..2b0a715e70c9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6159,6 +6159,8 @@ static int  retry_aligned_read(struct r5conf *conf, struct bio *raid_bio,
 static int handle_active_stripes(struct r5conf *conf, int group,
 				 struct r5worker *worker,
 				 struct list_head *temp_inactive_list)
+		__releases(&conf->device_lock)
+		__acquires(&conf->device_lock)
 {
 	struct stripe_head *batch[MAX_STRIPE_BATCH], *sh;
 	int i, batch_size = 0, hash;