diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 758b77296404789df3d10d25e3b1d85d0ebc617f..36c0a158730b08a9878c24ac71d1927447d2288f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2552,8 +2552,10 @@ handle_failed_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 		if (!test_bit(R5_Wantfill, &sh->dev[i].flags) &&
 		    (!test_bit(R5_Insync, &sh->dev[i].flags) ||
 		      test_bit(R5_ReadError, &sh->dev[i].flags))) {
+			spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 			bi = sh->dev[i].toread;
 			sh->dev[i].toread = NULL;
+			spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 			if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[i].flags))
 				wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
 			if (bi) s->to_read--;