diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index c792683a0dea..aee429ab114a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -2920,10 +2920,6 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 	sector_t chunk_mask = conf->geo.chunk_mask;
 	int page_idx = 0;
 
-	if (!mempool_initialized(&conf->r10buf_pool))
-		if (init_resync(conf))
-			return 0;
-
 	/*
 	 * Allow skipping a full rebuild for incremental assembly
 	 * of a clean array, like RAID1 does.
@@ -2939,6 +2935,10 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 		return mddev->dev_sectors - sector_nr;
 	}
 
+	if (!mempool_initialized(&conf->r10buf_pool))
+		if (init_resync(conf))
+			return 0;
+
  skipped:
 	max_sector = mddev->dev_sectors;
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery) ||