diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 927a43db5dfb..f5480778e2f7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6256,6 +6256,11 @@ static void __md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
 		mddev->to_remove = &md_redundancy_group;
 	module_put(pers->owner);
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
+
+	percpu_ref_exit(&mddev->writes_pending);
+	percpu_ref_exit(&mddev->active_io);
+	bioset_exit(&mddev->bio_set);
+	bioset_exit(&mddev->sync_set);
 }
 
 void md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
@@ -6265,10 +6270,6 @@ void md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
 	 */
 	__md_stop_writes(mddev);
 	__md_stop(mddev);
-	percpu_ref_exit(&mddev->writes_pending);
-	percpu_ref_exit(&mddev->active_io);
-	bioset_exit(&mddev->bio_set);
-	bioset_exit(&mddev->sync_set);
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_stop);
@@ -7839,11 +7840,6 @@ static void md_free_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
 	struct mddev *mddev = disk->private_data;
 
-	percpu_ref_exit(&mddev->writes_pending);
-	percpu_ref_exit(&mddev->active_io);
-	bioset_exit(&mddev->bio_set);
-	bioset_exit(&mddev->sync_set);
-
 	mddev_free(mddev);
 }