diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 9247e55c7eaf..2748b0b424cf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8669,7 +8669,8 @@ static void md_end_clone_io(struct bio *bio)
 	struct bio *orig_bio = md_io_clone->orig_bio;
 	struct mddev *mddev = md_io_clone->mddev;
 
-	orig_bio->bi_status = bio->bi_status;
+	if (bio->bi_status && !orig_bio->bi_status)
+		orig_bio->bi_status = bio->bi_status;
 
 	if (md_io_clone->start_time)
 		bio_end_io_acct(orig_bio, md_io_clone->start_time);