diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index a5676559e7a60848c35049d91bf779e1ef52e1c1..09d94ad5e52b86141e5e18dac6f2dc9ec5742d18 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3619,9 +3619,20 @@ static int fetch_block(struct stripe_head *sh, struct stripe_head_state *s,
 		BUG_ON(test_bit(R5_Wantcompute, &dev->flags));
 		BUG_ON(test_bit(R5_Wantread, &dev->flags));
 		BUG_ON(sh->batch_head);
+
+		/*
+		 * In the raid6 case if the only non-uptodate disk is P
+		 * then we already trusted P to compute the other failed
+		 * drives. It is safe to compute rather than re-read P.
+		 * In other cases we only compute blocks from failed
+		 * devices, otherwise check/repair might fail to detect
+		 * a real inconsistency.
+		 */
+
 		if ((s->uptodate == disks - 1) &&
+		    ((sh->qd_idx >= 0 && sh->pd_idx == disk_idx) ||
 		    (s->failed && (disk_idx == s->failed_num[0] ||
-				   disk_idx == s->failed_num[1]))) {
+				   disk_idx == s->failed_num[1])))) {
 			/* have disk failed, and we're requested to fetch it;
 			 * do compute it
 			 */