diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 575ecc2b39ed..88d7ebd1c3bb 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0692c6b1cf5537b190f90fb5903f1af89a41b0a8
+refs/heads/master: 4b438a23fb05b6566393f9f0a3987ea3dcc1c0c4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index ae50a2419cc6..8cbf9c9df1c3 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4486,6 +4486,7 @@ static int md_thread(void * arg)
 	 * many dirty RAID5 blocks.
 	 */
 
+	current->flags |= PF_NOFREEZE;
 	allow_signal(SIGKILL);
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 
@@ -4502,7 +4503,6 @@ static int md_thread(void * arg)
 			 test_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags)
 			 || kthread_should_stop(),
 			 thread->timeout);
-		try_to_freeze();
 
 		clear_bit(THREAD_WAKEUP, &thread->flags);