1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 92ef9b6abfc7..1f444ae07f89 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3702,7 +3702,8 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bi)
                         /* FIXME what if we get a false positive because these
                          * are being updated.
                          */
-                        if (logical_sector >= mddev->suspend_lo &&
+                        if (bio_data_dir(bi) == WRITE &&
+                            logical_sector >= mddev->suspend_lo &&
                             logical_sector < mddev->suspend_hi) {
                                 release_stripe(sh);
                                 schedule();