diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 1138d1053e9a..0cc30ecda4c1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ static int md_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	mddev_t *mddev = q->queuedata;
 	int rv;
 	int cpu;
+	unsigned int sectors;
 
 	if (mddev == NULL || mddev->pers == NULL
 	    || !mddev->ready) {
@@ -311,12 +312,16 @@ static int md_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->active_io);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
+	/*
+	 * save the sectors now since our bio can
+	 * go away inside make_request
+	 */
+	sectors = bio_sectors(bio);
 	rv = mddev->pers->make_request(mddev, bio);
 
 	cpu = part_stat_lock();
 	part_stat_inc(cpu, &mddev->gendisk->part0, ios[rw]);
-	part_stat_add(cpu, &mddev->gendisk->part0, sectors[rw],
-		      bio_sectors(bio));
+	part_stat_add(cpu, &mddev->gendisk->part0, sectors[rw], sectors);
 	part_stat_unlock();
 
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->active_io) && mddev->suspended)