diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 23a3e4638d4b..296aac206e9c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0909dc448c98ed5021c87ffdfc09fb473aa464ab
+refs/heads/master: a5c308d4d1659b1f4833b863394e3e24cdbdfc6e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c b/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 92ef9b6abfc7..1f444ae07f89 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3702,7 +3702,8 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bi)
 			/* FIXME what if we get a false positive because these
 			 * are being updated.
 			 */
-			if (logical_sector >= mddev->suspend_lo &&
+			if (bio_data_dir(bi) == WRITE &&
+			    logical_sector >= mddev->suspend_lo &&
 			    logical_sector < mddev->suspend_hi) {
 				release_stripe(sh);
 				schedule();