diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 38300ee3c4e15f35f4e8eef9f6942a517407058d..643d217bfa13ac8caa3dee9f9dd65d57f165bbe8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4066,8 +4066,10 @@ static void analyse_stripe(struct stripe_head *sh, struct stripe_head_state *s)
 				 &first_bad, &bad_sectors))
 			set_bit(R5_ReadRepl, &dev->flags);
 		else {
-			if (rdev)
+			if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 				set_bit(R5_NeedReplace, &dev->flags);
+			else
+				clear_bit(R5_NeedReplace, &dev->flags);
 			rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
 			clear_bit(R5_ReadRepl, &dev->flags);
 		}