diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 779abbd..5d09609 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors &&
-	    mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
+	    mddev->recovery_cp > mddev->dev_sectors) {
 		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	}