diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index bafa8a96c42d..4c2dfc195782 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -360,13 +360,14 @@ static void md_end_flush(struct bio *bio)
 	struct md_rdev *rdev = bio->bi_private;
 	struct mddev *mddev = rdev->mddev;
 
+	bio_put(bio);
+
 	rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->flush_pending)) {
 		/* The pre-request flush has finished */
 		queue_work(md_wq, &mddev->flush_work);
 	}
-	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
 static void md_submit_flush_data(struct work_struct *ws);
@@ -725,10 +726,12 @@ static void super_written(struct bio *bio)
 		md_error(mddev, rdev);
 	}
 
+	bio_put(bio);
+
+	rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
+
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->pending_writes))
 		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
-	rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
-	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
 void md_super_write(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev,