diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 7d5a6cede9b0..8644ce76e5f8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8629,6 +8629,7 @@ int rdev_set_badblocks(struct md_rdev *rdev, sector_t s, int sectors,
 		/* Make sure they get written out promptly */
 		sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state);
 		set_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &rdev->mddev->flags);
+		set_bit(MD_CHANGE_PENDING, &rdev->mddev->flags);
 		md_wakeup_thread(rdev->mddev->thread);
 	}
 	return rv;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 742b50794dfd..3d9ca836247f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1508,6 +1508,7 @@ static void error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	 */
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
 	set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
+	set_bit(MD_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->flags);
 	printk(KERN_ALERT
 	       "md/raid1:%s: Disk failure on %s, disabling device.\n"
 	       "md/raid1:%s: Operation continuing on %d devices.\n",
@@ -2289,6 +2290,7 @@ static void handle_sync_write_finished(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio
 static void handle_write_finished(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 {
 	int m;
+	bool fail = false;
 	for (m = 0; m < conf->raid_disks * 2 ; m++)
 		if (r1_bio->bios[m] == IO_MADE_GOOD) {
 			struct md_rdev *rdev = conf->mirrors[m].rdev;
@@ -2301,6 +2303,7 @@ static void handle_write_finished(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 			 * narrow down and record precise write
 			 * errors.
 			 */
+			fail = true;
 			if (!narrow_write_error(r1_bio, m)) {
 				md_error(conf->mddev,
 					 conf->mirrors[m].rdev);
@@ -2312,7 +2315,13 @@ static void handle_write_finished(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 		}
 	if (test_bit(R1BIO_WriteError, &r1_bio->state))
 		close_write(r1_bio);
-	raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
+	if (fail) {
+		spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+		list_add(&r1_bio->retry_list, &conf->bio_end_io_list);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+		md_wakeup_thread(conf->mddev->thread);
+	} else
+		raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
 }
 
 static void handle_read_error(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
@@ -2418,6 +2427,23 @@ static void raid1d(struct md_thread *thread)
 
 	md_check_recovery(mddev);
 
+	if (!list_empty_careful(&conf->bio_end_io_list) &&
+	    !test_bit(MD_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->flags)) {
+		LIST_HEAD(tmp);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+		if (!test_bit(MD_CHANGE_PENDING, &mddev->flags)) {
+			list_add(&tmp, &conf->bio_end_io_list);
+			list_del_init(&conf->bio_end_io_list);
+		}
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+		while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
+			r1_bio = list_first_entry(&conf->bio_end_io_list,
+						  struct r1bio, retry_list);
+			list_del(&r1_bio->retry_list);
+			raid_end_bio_io(r1_bio);
+		}
+	}
+
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	for (;;) {
 
@@ -2819,6 +2845,7 @@ static struct r1conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 	conf->raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks;
 	conf->mddev = mddev;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->retry_list);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->bio_end_io_list);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&conf->resync_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_barrier);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.h b/drivers/md/raid1.h
index 14ebb288c1ef..c52d7139c5d7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.h
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ struct r1conf {
 	 * block, or anything else.
 	 */
 	struct list_head	retry_list;
+	/* A separate list of r1bio which just need raid_end_bio_io called.
+	 * This mustn't happen for writes which had any errors if the superblock
+	 * needs to be written.
+	 */
+	struct list_head	bio_end_io_list;
 
 	/* queue pending writes to be submitted on unplug */
 	struct bio_list		pending_bio_list;