diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e87507d29895..20f67edae95d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8648,7 +8648,8 @@ static void md_end_io_acct(struct bio *bio)
 	struct md_io_acct *md_io_acct = bio->bi_private;
 	struct bio *orig_bio = md_io_acct->orig_bio;
 
-	orig_bio->bi_status = bio->bi_status;
+	if (bio->bi_status && !orig_bio->bi_status)
+		orig_bio->bi_status = bio->bi_status;
 
 	bio_end_io_acct(orig_bio, md_io_acct->start_time);
 	bio_put(bio);