diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 41c050b59ec4..4e4dee0ec2de 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7605,7 +7605,9 @@ static int status_resync(struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)
 		if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery))
 			/* Still cleaning up */
 			resync = max_sectors;
-	} else
+	} else if (resync > max_sectors)
+		resync = max_sectors;
+	else
 		resync -= atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active);
 
 	if (resync == 0) {