diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index d2098fcd6a270..49bb79f48f362 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1317,6 +1317,25 @@ static void raid10_write_one_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct r10bio *r10_bio,
 	}
 }
 
+static struct md_rdev *dereference_rdev_and_rrdev(struct raid10_info *mirror,
+						  struct md_rdev **prrdev)
+{
+	struct md_rdev *rdev, *rrdev;
+
+	rrdev = rcu_dereference(mirror->replacement);
+	/*
+	 * Read replacement first to prevent reading both rdev and
+	 * replacement as NULL during replacement replace rdev.
+	 */
+	smp_mb();
+	rdev = rcu_dereference(mirror->rdev);
+	if (rdev == rrdev)
+		rrdev = NULL;
+
+	*prrdev = rrdev;
+	return rdev;
+}
+
 static void wait_blocked_dev(struct mddev *mddev, struct r10bio *r10_bio)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1460,15 +1479,7 @@ static void raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 		int d = r10_bio->devs[i].devnum;
 		struct md_rdev *rdev, *rrdev;
 
-		rrdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].replacement);
-		/*
-		 * Read replacement first to prevent reading both rdev and
-		 * replacement as NULL during replacement replace rdev.
-		 */
-		smp_mb();
-		rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
-		if (rdev == rrdev)
-			rrdev = NULL;
+		rdev = dereference_rdev_and_rrdev(&conf->mirrors[d], &rrdev);
 		if (rdev && (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)))
 			rdev = NULL;
 		if (rrdev && (test_bit(Faulty, &rrdev->flags)))