spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
        if (forwrite) {
                bip = &sh->dev[dd_idx].towrite;
-               if (*bip == NULL && sh->dev[dd_idx].written == NULL)
+               if (*bip == NULL)
                        firstwrite = 1;
        } else
                bip = &sh->dev[dd_idx].toread;
                /* fail all writes first */
                bi = sh->dev[i].towrite;
                sh->dev[i].towrite = NULL;
+               spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                if (bi) {
                        s->to_write--;
                        bitmap_end = 1;
                        }
                        bi = nextbi;
                }
+               if (bitmap_end)
+                       bitmap_endwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
+                               STRIPE_SECTORS, 0, 0);
+               bitmap_end = 0;
                /* and fail all 'written' */
                bi = sh->dev[i].written;
                sh->dev[i].written = NULL;
                                bi = nextbi;
                        }
                }
-               spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                if (bitmap_end)
                        bitmap_endwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
                                        STRIPE_SECTORS, 0, 0);
                                test_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &dev->flags)) {
                                /* We can return any write requests */
                                struct bio *wbi, *wbi2;
-                               int bitmap_end = 0;
                                pr_debug("Return write for disc %d\n", i);
-                               spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
                                wbi = dev->written;
                                dev->written = NULL;
                                while (wbi && wbi->bi_sector <
                                        }
                                        wbi = wbi2;
                                }
-                               if (dev->towrite == NULL)
-                                       bitmap_end = 1;
-                               spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
-                               if (bitmap_end)
-                                       bitmap_endwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap,
-                                                       sh->sector,
-                                                       STRIPE_SECTORS,
+                               bitmap_endwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
+                                               STRIPE_SECTORS,
                                         !test_bit(STRIPE_DEGRADED, &sh->state),
-                                                       0);
+                                               0);
                        }
                }