1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 96b7f6a1b6f2..83f2c44e170f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3336,7 +3336,7 @@ static void handle_stripe(struct stripe_head *sh)
 
 finish:
         /* wait for this device to become unblocked */
-        if (unlikely(s.blocked_rdev))
+        if (conf->mddev->external && unlikely(s.blocked_rdev))
                 md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(s.blocked_rdev, conf->mddev);
 
         if (s.handle_bad_blocks)
@@ -4939,8 +4939,7 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 
         return 0;
 abort:
-        md_unregister_thread(mddev->thread);
-        mddev->thread = NULL;
+        md_unregister_thread(&mddev->thread);
         if (conf) {
                 print_raid5_conf(conf);
                 free_conf(conf);
@@ -4954,8 +4953,7 @@ static int stop(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
         raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 
-        md_unregister_thread(mddev->thread);
-        mddev->thread = NULL;
+        md_unregister_thread(&mddev->thread);
         if (mddev->queue)
                 mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = NULL;
         free_conf(conf);