--- linux-2.6.10-rc2-bk12/drivers/md/md.c.orig	2004-11-16 21:04:12.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.10-rc2-bk12/drivers/md/md.c	2004-11-29 00:02:29.854834272 +0100
@@ -3394,7 +3394,7 @@ static void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
 			break;
 
 	repeat:
-		if (jiffies >= mark[last_mark] + SYNC_MARK_STEP ) {
+		if (time_after_eq(jiffies, mark[last_mark] + SYNC_MARK_STEP )) {
 			/* step marks */
 			int next = (last_mark+1) % SYNC_MARKS;