diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 8d10b190bdbbe..860c45c10a57d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2952,10 +2952,10 @@ static void raid5_end_write_request(struct bio *bi)
 	if (!test_and_clear_bit(R5_DOUBLE_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags))
 		clear_bit(R5_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags);
 	set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
-	raid5_release_stripe(sh);
 
 	if (sh->batch_head && sh != sh->batch_head)
 		raid5_release_stripe(sh->batch_head);
+	raid5_release_stripe(sh);
 }
 
 static void raid5_error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)