diff --git a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
index fcfc4b9b26728029e59023ae3762d271b8f7a676..0072190515e0f6edca1e09718dae5102b3e7d274 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct resync_info {
 
 /* md_cluster_info flags */
 #define		MD_CLUSTER_WAITING_FOR_NEWDISK		1
+#define		MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING	2
 
 
 struct md_cluster_info {
@@ -275,6 +276,9 @@ static void recover_bitmaps(struct md_thread *thread)
 
 static void recover_prep(void *arg)
 {
+	struct mddev *mddev = arg;
+	struct md_cluster_info *cinfo = mddev->cluster_info;
+	set_bit(MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING, &cinfo->state);
 }
 
 static void recover_slot(void *arg, struct dlm_slot *slot)
@@ -307,6 +311,7 @@ static void recover_done(void *arg, struct dlm_slot *slots,
 
 	cinfo->slot_number = our_slot;
 	complete(&cinfo->completion);
+	clear_bit(MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING, &cinfo->state);
 }
 
 static const struct dlm_lockspace_ops md_ls_ops = {
@@ -816,12 +821,17 @@ static void resync_finish(struct mddev *mddev)
 	resync_send(mddev, RESYNCING, 0, 0);
 }
 
-static int area_resyncing(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t lo, sector_t hi)
+static int area_resyncing(struct mddev *mddev, int direction,
+		sector_t lo, sector_t hi)
 {
 	struct md_cluster_info *cinfo = mddev->cluster_info;
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct suspend_info *s;
 
+	if ((direction == READ) &&
+		test_bit(MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING, &cinfo->state))
+		return 1;
+
 	spin_lock_irq(&cinfo->suspend_lock);
 	if (list_empty(&cinfo->suspend_list))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-cluster.h b/drivers/md/md-cluster.h
index 6817ee00e053d7d7e74b734185414c0cb3b18a38..00defe2badbc7952ec7d4cf358ad0408a2460b7f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-cluster.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md-cluster.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct md_cluster_operations {
 	int (*metadata_update_start)(struct mddev *mddev);
 	int (*metadata_update_finish)(struct mddev *mddev);
 	int (*metadata_update_cancel)(struct mddev *mddev);
-	int (*area_resyncing)(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t lo, sector_t hi);
+	int (*area_resyncing)(struct mddev *mddev, int direction, sector_t lo, sector_t hi);
 	int (*add_new_disk_start)(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev);
 	int (*add_new_disk_finish)(struct mddev *mddev);
 	int (*new_disk_ack)(struct mddev *mddev, bool ack);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 50cf0c893b16851d83c0e9a3cbe58268c9b80ffc..94f5b55069e09610f21ea640f5dff3efd7e580ca 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ static int read_balance(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio, int *max_sect
 
 	if ((conf->mddev->recovery_cp < this_sector + sectors) ||
 	    (mddev_is_clustered(conf->mddev) &&
-	    md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(conf->mddev, this_sector,
+	    md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(conf->mddev, READ, this_sector,
 		    this_sector + sectors)))
 		choose_first = 1;
 	else
@@ -1111,7 +1111,8 @@ static void make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 	    ((bio_end_sector(bio) > mddev->suspend_lo &&
 	    bio->bi_iter.bi_sector < mddev->suspend_hi) ||
 	    (mddev_is_clustered(mddev) &&
-	     md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, bio_end_sector(bio))))) {
+	     md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev, WRITE,
+		     bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, bio_end_sector(bio))))) {
 		/* As the suspend_* range is controlled by
 		 * userspace, we want an interruptible
 		 * wait.
@@ -1124,7 +1125,7 @@ static void make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 			if (bio_end_sector(bio) <= mddev->suspend_lo ||
 			    bio->bi_iter.bi_sector >= mddev->suspend_hi ||
 			    (mddev_is_clustered(mddev) &&
-			     !md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev,
+			     !md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev, WRITE,
 				     bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, bio_end_sector(bio))))
 				break;
 			schedule();