diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index f173ace1f8fb6babbbed55ddf61e1b2aad2bfd8f..510625e3a965b26b59ef66a5578441f44ece1f8e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2714,7 +2714,7 @@ action_show(mddev_t *mddev, char *page)
 {
 	char *type = "idle";
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery) ||
-	    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery)) {
+	    (!mddev->ro && test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery))) {
 		if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery))
 			type = "reshape";
 		else if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery)) {