diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index ddc1dfc..1440935 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1407,36 +1407,45 @@
 				if (s > (PAGE_SIZE>>9))
 					s = PAGE_SIZE >> 9;
 
+				rcu_read_lock();
 				do {
 					int d = r10_bio->devs[sl].devnum;
-					rdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev;
+					rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
 					if (rdev &&
-					    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
-					    sync_page_io(rdev->bdev,
-							 r10_bio->devs[sl].addr +
-							 sect + rdev->data_offset,
-							 s<<9,
-							 conf->tmppage, READ))
-						success = 1;
-					else {
-						sl++;
-						if (sl == conf->copies)
-							sl = 0;
+					    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
+						atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+						rcu_read_unlock();
+						success = sync_page_io(rdev->bdev,
+								       r10_bio->devs[sl].addr +
+								       sect + rdev->data_offset,
+								       s<<9,
+								       conf->tmppage, READ);
+						rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
+						rcu_read_lock();
+						if (success)
+							break;
 					}
+					sl++;
+					if (sl == conf->copies)
+						sl = 0;
 				} while (!success && sl != r10_bio->read_slot);
+				rcu_read_unlock();
 
 				if (success) {
 					int start = sl;
 					/* write it back and re-read */
+					rcu_read_lock();
 					while (sl != r10_bio->read_slot) {
 						int d;
 						if (sl==0)
 							sl = conf->copies;
 						sl--;
 						d = r10_bio->devs[sl].devnum;
-						rdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev;
+						rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
 						if (rdev &&
 						    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
+							atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+							rcu_read_unlock();
 							atomic_add(s, &rdev->corrected_errors);
 							if (sync_page_io(rdev->bdev,
 									 r10_bio->devs[sl].addr +
@@ -1444,6 +1453,8 @@
 									 s<<9, conf->tmppage, WRITE) == 0)
 								/* Well, this device is dead */
 								md_error(mddev, rdev);
+							rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
+							rcu_read_lock();
 						}
 					}
 					sl = start;
@@ -1453,17 +1464,22 @@
 							sl = conf->copies;
 						sl--;
 						d = r10_bio->devs[sl].devnum;
-						rdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev;
+						rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
 						if (rdev &&
 						    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
+							atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+							rcu_read_unlock();
 							if (sync_page_io(rdev->bdev,
 									 r10_bio->devs[sl].addr +
 									 sect + rdev->data_offset,
 									 s<<9, conf->tmppage, READ) == 0)
 								/* Well, this device is dead */
 								md_error(mddev, rdev);
+							rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
+							rcu_read_lock();
 						}
 					}
+					rcu_read_unlock();
 				} else {
 					/* Cannot read from anywhere -- bye bye array */
 					md_error(mddev, conf->mirrors[r10_bio->devs[r10_bio->read_slot].devnum].rdev);