1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b572e1e386ce..477eb2e180c0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7560,14 +7560,14 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
                  * any transients in the value of "sync_action".
                  */
                 set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
-                clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
                 /* Clear some bits that don't mean anything, but
                  * might be left set
                  */
                 clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
                 clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery);
 
-                if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery))
+                if (!test_and_clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery) ||
+                    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery))
                         goto unlock;
                 /* no recovery is running.
                  * remove any failed drives, then
@@ -8140,7 +8140,8 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
 
         for_each_mddev(mddev, tmp) {
                 if (mddev_trylock(mddev)) {
-                        __md_stop_writes(mddev);
+                        if (mddev->pers)
+                                __md_stop_writes(mddev);
                         mddev->safemode = 2;
                         mddev_unlock(mddev);
                 }