diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 96f7eadbf959..3ef845af552b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -9086,7 +9086,6 @@ void md_sync_error(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	// stop recovery, signal do_sync ....
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERROR, &mddev->recovery);
 	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_sync_error);
@@ -9749,24 +9748,12 @@ void md_do_sync(struct md_thread *thread)
 
 	if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery) &&
 	    mddev->curr_resync > MD_RESYNC_ACTIVE) {
+		if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery))
+			mddev->curr_resync = MaxSector;
+
 		if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery)) {
-			if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery)) {
-				if (mddev->curr_resync >= mddev->resync_offset) {
-					pr_debug("md: checkpointing %s of %s.\n",
-						 desc, mdname(mddev));
-					if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERROR,
-						&mddev->recovery))
-						mddev->resync_offset =
-							mddev->curr_resync_completed;
-					else
-						mddev->resync_offset =
-							mddev->curr_resync;
-				}
-			} else
-				mddev->resync_offset = MaxSector;
+			mddev->resync_offset = mddev->curr_resync;
 		} else {
-			if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery))
-				mddev->curr_resync = MaxSector;
 			if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery) &&
 			    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER, &mddev->recovery)) {
 				rcu_read_lock();
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 4c3dc7a6e399..cda003f24e1e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -652,8 +652,6 @@ enum recovery_flags {
 	MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN,
 	/* waiting for pers->start() to finish */
 	MD_RECOVERY_WAIT,
-	/* interrupted because io-error */
-	MD_RECOVERY_ERROR,
 
 	/* flags determines sync action, see details in enum sync_action */