diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 1507540a9cb4ee..2c7f11e5766735 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6326,7 +6326,9 @@ static sector_t reshape_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *sk
 	safepos = conf->reshape_safe;
 	sector_div(safepos, data_disks);
 	if (mddev->reshape_backwards) {
-		BUG_ON(writepos < reshape_sectors);
+		if (WARN_ON(writepos < reshape_sectors))
+			return MaxSector;
+
 		writepos -= reshape_sectors;
 		readpos += reshape_sectors;
 		safepos += reshape_sectors;
@@ -6344,14 +6346,18 @@ static sector_t reshape_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *sk
 	 * to set 'stripe_addr' which is where we will write to.
 	 */
 	if (mddev->reshape_backwards) {
-		BUG_ON(conf->reshape_progress == 0);
+		if (WARN_ON(conf->reshape_progress == 0))
+			return MaxSector;
+
 		stripe_addr = writepos;
-		BUG_ON((mddev->dev_sectors &
-			~((sector_t)reshape_sectors - 1))
-		       - reshape_sectors - stripe_addr
-		       != sector_nr);
+		if (WARN_ON((mddev->dev_sectors &
+		    ~((sector_t)reshape_sectors - 1)) -
+		    reshape_sectors - stripe_addr != sector_nr))
+			return MaxSector;
 	} else {
-		BUG_ON(writepos != sector_nr + reshape_sectors);
+		if (WARN_ON(writepos != sector_nr + reshape_sectors))
+			return MaxSector;
+
 		stripe_addr = sector_nr;
 	}