1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index c165b1eed8bb..7b4f5f7155d8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1016,12 +1016,16 @@ static void error(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
          * else mark the drive as failed
          */
         if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
-            && (conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded) == 1)
+            && (conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded) == 1) {
                 /*
                  * Don't fail the drive, act as though we were just a
-                 * normal single drive
+                 * normal single drive.
+                 * However don't try a recovery from this drive as
+                 * it is very likely to fail.
                  */
+                mddev->recovery_disabled = 1;
                 return;
+        }
         if (test_and_clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
                 unsigned long flags;
                 spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);