diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 09042b060086..877a48138eb5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4822,9 +4822,42 @@ metadata_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_metadata =
 __ATTR_PREALLOC(metadata_version, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, metadata_show, metadata_store);
 
+static bool rdev_needs_recovery(struct md_rdev *rdev, sector_t sectors)
+{
+	return rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
+	       !test_bit(Journal, &rdev->flags) &&
+	       !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) &&
+	       !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
+	       rdev->recovery_offset < sectors;
+}
+
+static enum sync_action md_get_active_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	struct md_rdev *rdev;
+	bool is_recover = false;
+
+	if (mddev->resync_offset < MaxSector)
+		return ACTION_RESYNC;
+
+	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector)
+		return ACTION_RESHAPE;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev) {
+		if (rdev_needs_recovery(rdev, MaxSector)) {
+			is_recover = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return is_recover ? ACTION_RECOVER : ACTION_IDLE;
+}
+
 enum sync_action md_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	unsigned long recovery = mddev->recovery;
+	enum sync_action active_action;
 
 	/*
 	 * frozen has the highest priority, means running sync_thread will be
@@ -4848,8 +4881,17 @@ enum sync_action md_sync_action(struct mddev *mddev)
 	    !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &recovery))
 		return ACTION_IDLE;
 
-	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &recovery) ||
-	    mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector)
+	/*
+	 * Check if any sync operation (resync/recover/reshape) is
+	 * currently active. This ensures that only one sync operation
+	 * can run at a time. Returns the type of active operation, or
+	 * ACTION_IDLE if none are active.
+	 */
+	active_action = md_get_active_sync_action(mddev);
+	if (active_action != ACTION_IDLE)
+		return active_action;
+
+	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &recovery))
 		return ACTION_RESHAPE;
 
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER, &recovery))
@@ -8959,11 +9001,7 @@ static sector_t md_sync_position(struct mddev *mddev, enum sync_action action)
 		start = MaxSector;
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev)
-			if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
-			    !test_bit(Journal, &rdev->flags) &&
-			    !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) &&
-			    !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
-			    rdev->recovery_offset < start)
+			if (rdev_needs_recovery(rdev, start))
 				start = rdev->recovery_offset;
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -9322,12 +9360,8 @@ void md_do_sync(struct md_thread *thread)
 			    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER, &mddev->recovery)) {
 				rcu_read_lock();
 				rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev)
-					if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
-					    mddev->delta_disks >= 0 &&
-					    !test_bit(Journal, &rdev->flags) &&
-					    !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) &&
-					    !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
-					    rdev->recovery_offset < mddev->curr_resync)
+					if (mddev->delta_disks >= 0 &&
+					    rdev_needs_recovery(rdev, mddev->curr_resync))
 						rdev->recovery_offset = mddev->curr_resync;
 				rcu_read_unlock();
 			}