1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index befadb41a11f..62b6b3a83abf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3588,8 +3588,18 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_head *sh)
 
 finish:
         /* wait for this device to become unblocked */
-        if (conf->mddev->external && unlikely(s.blocked_rdev))
-                md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(s.blocked_rdev, conf->mddev);
+        if (unlikely(s.blocked_rdev)) {
+                if (conf->mddev->external)
+                        md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(s.blocked_rdev,
+                                                 conf->mddev);
+                else
+                        /* Internal metadata will immediately
+                         * be written by raid5d, so we don't
+                         * need to wait here.
+                         */
+                        rdev_dec_pending(s.blocked_rdev,
+                                         conf->mddev);
+        }
 
         if (s.handle_bad_blocks)
                 for (i = disks; i--; ) {