diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 4b702e832f06..d08a4ad76115 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ static bool raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 	int i, k;
 	sector_t sectors;
 	int max_sectors;
+	bool atomic = bio->bi_opf & REQ_ATOMIC;
 
 	if ((mddev_is_clustered(mddev) &&
 	     mddev->cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev, WRITE,
@@ -1420,16 +1421,6 @@ static bool raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 			if (is_bad) {
 				int good_sectors;
 
-				/*
-				 * We cannot atomically write this, so just
-				 * error in that case. It could be possible to
-				 * atomically write other mirrors, but the
-				 * complexity of supporting that is not worth
-				 * the benefit.
-				 */
-				if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_ATOMIC)
-					goto err_handle;
-
 				good_sectors = first_bad - dev_sector;
 				if (good_sectors < max_sectors)
 					max_sectors = good_sectors;
@@ -1449,6 +1440,9 @@ static bool raid10_write_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 		r10_bio->sectors = max_sectors;
 
 	if (r10_bio->sectors < bio_sectors(bio)) {
+		if (atomic)
+			goto err_handle;
+
 		allow_barrier(conf);
 		bio = bio_submit_split_bioset(bio, r10_bio->sectors,
 					      &conf->bio_split);