diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index dc63a544d670..03bfb70f54bf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5430,7 +5430,6 @@ static int raid5_read_one_chunk(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *raid_bio)
 
 	if (is_badblock(rdev, sector, bio_sectors(raid_bio), &first_bad,
 			&bad_sectors)) {
-		bio_put(raid_bio);
 		rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
 		return 0;
 	}