diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index d97355e9b9a6..ceb8c9ff35bd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -4101,10 +4101,11 @@ static void raid_resume(struct dm_target *ti)
 		if (mddev->delta_disks < 0)
 			rs_set_capacity(rs);
 
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery));
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery));
-		clear_bit(RT_FLAG_RS_FROZEN, &rs->runtime_flags);
 		mddev_lock_nointr(mddev);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery));
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(rcu_dereference_protected(mddev->sync_thread,
+						       lockdep_is_held(&mddev->reconfig_mutex)));
+		clear_bit(RT_FLAG_RS_FROZEN, &rs->runtime_flags);
 		mddev->ro = 0;
 		mddev->in_sync = 0;
 		md_unfrozen_sync_thread(mddev);