diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 32ac6faf9d6cdf..194580fba7fd8b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -718,6 +718,7 @@ static void super_written(struct bio *bio)
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->pending_writes))
 		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
+	rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
@@ -732,6 +733,8 @@ void md_super_write(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev,
 	 */
 	struct bio *bio = bio_alloc_mddev(GFP_NOIO, 1, mddev);
 
+	atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+
 	bio->bi_bdev = rdev->meta_bdev ? rdev->meta_bdev : rdev->bdev;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
 	bio_add_page(bio, page, size, 0);