1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index dbae459fb02d..43709fa6b6df 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)