diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index c861db523d30..006c28edd1dd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -4148,6 +4148,9 @@ static int raid10_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (!conf)
 		goto out;
 
+	mddev->thread = conf->thread;
+	conf->thread = NULL;
+
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(conf->mddev)) {
 		int fc, fo;
 
@@ -4160,9 +4163,6 @@ static int raid10_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mddev->thread = conf->thread;
-	conf->thread = NULL;
-
 	if (mddev->queue) {
 		blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(mddev->queue, 0);
 		blk_queue_io_min(mddev->queue, mddev->chunk_sectors << 9);