diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 6a0459f9fafb..01680029f0de 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -3037,7 +3037,6 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 			int must_sync;
 			int any_working;
 			int need_recover = 0;
-			int need_replace = 0;
 			struct raid10_info *mirror = &conf->mirrors[i];
 			struct md_rdev *mrdev, *mreplace;
 
@@ -3049,11 +3048,10 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 			    !test_bit(Faulty, &mrdev->flags) &&
 			    !test_bit(In_sync, &mrdev->flags))
 				need_recover = 1;
-			if (mreplace != NULL &&
-			    !test_bit(Faulty, &mreplace->flags))
-				need_replace = 1;
+			if (mreplace && test_bit(Faulty, &mreplace->flags))
+				mreplace = NULL;
 
-			if (!need_recover && !need_replace) {
+			if (!need_recover && !mreplace) {
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -3069,8 +3067,6 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 				continue;
 			}
-			if (mreplace && test_bit(Faulty, &mreplace->flags))
-				mreplace = NULL;
 			/* Unless we are doing a full sync, or a replacement
 			 * we only need to recover the block if it is set in
 			 * the bitmap
@@ -3193,11 +3189,11 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 				bio = r10_bio->devs[1].repl_bio;
 				if (bio)
 					bio->bi_end_io = NULL;
-				/* Note: if need_replace, then bio
+				/* Note: if replace is not NULL, then bio
 				 * cannot be NULL as r10buf_pool_alloc will
 				 * have allocated it.
 				 */
-				if (!need_replace)
+				if (!mreplace)
 					break;
 				bio->bi_next = biolist;
 				biolist = bio;