diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index f9d2fbc64977..af8a9a89e4da 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static inline int raid5_dec_bi_hw_segments(struct bio *bio)
 
 static inline void raid5_set_bi_hw_segments(struct bio *bio, unsigned int cnt)
 {
-	bio->bi_phys_segments = raid5_bi_phys_segments(bio) || (cnt << 16);
+	bio->bi_phys_segments = raid5_bi_phys_segments(bio) | (cnt << 16);
 }
 
 /* Find first data disk in a raid6 stripe */