diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 7eb3378724c4..690386b6db82 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 51acbcec6c42b24482bac18e42befc822524535d
+refs/heads/master: f3378b48705154b9089affb2d2e939622aea68f1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index f363135144f6..fcb878f88796 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6532,7 +6532,17 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 			mddev->ro = 0;
 			sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_state);
 			set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
-			md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+			/* mddev_unlock will wake thread */
+			/* If a device failed while we were read-only, we
+			 * need to make sure the metadata is updated now.
+			 */
+			if (test_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags)) {
+				mddev_unlock(mddev);
+				wait_event(mddev->sb_wait,
+					   !test_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags) &&
+					   !test_bit(MD_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->flags));
+				mddev_lock(mddev);
+			}
 		} else {
 			err = -EROFS;
 			goto abort_unlock;