diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 7eaf5496c8d935b8832883dd3e497c49b2ae67fe..b6ad04b58766e4593bb79cfd46c40f5ec9263ea9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5573,8 +5573,7 @@ static int md_set_readonly(struct mddev *mddev, struct block_device *bdev)
 	mutex_lock(&mddev->open_mutex);
 	if ((mddev->pers && atomic_read(&mddev->openers) > !!bdev) ||
 	    mddev->sync_thread ||
-	    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery) ||
-	    (bdev && !test_bit(MD_STILL_CLOSED, &mddev->flags))) {
+	    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery)) {
 		printk("md: %s still in use.\n",mdname(mddev));
 		if (did_freeze) {
 			clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
@@ -5636,8 +5635,7 @@ static int do_md_stop(struct mddev *mddev, int mode,
 	if ((mddev->pers && atomic_read(&mddev->openers) > !!bdev) ||
 	    mddev->sysfs_active ||
 	    mddev->sync_thread ||
-	    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery) ||
-	    (bdev && !test_bit(MD_STILL_CLOSED, &mddev->flags))) {
+	    test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery)) {
 		printk("md: %s still in use.\n",mdname(mddev));
 		mutex_unlock(&mddev->open_mutex);
 		if (did_freeze) {
@@ -6826,7 +6824,7 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 			err = -EBUSY;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		set_bit(MD_STILL_CLOSED, &mddev->flags);
+		set_bit(MD_CLOSING, &mddev->flags);
 		mutex_unlock(&mddev->open_mutex);
 		sync_blockdev(bdev);
 	}
@@ -7075,9 +7073,13 @@ static int md_open(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 	if ((err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&mddev->open_mutex)))
 		goto out;
 
+	if (test_bit(MD_CLOSING, &mddev->flags)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&mddev->open_mutex);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	err = 0;
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->openers);
-	clear_bit(MD_STILL_CLOSED, &mddev->flags);
 	mutex_unlock(&mddev->open_mutex);
 
 	check_disk_change(bdev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 20c667579ede413ae20438dc50aed4c095246494..2b2041773e7904cf94e06ba5e141c8b5581863c3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -201,9 +201,8 @@ struct mddev {
 #define MD_CHANGE_PENDING 2	/* switch from 'clean' to 'active' in progress */
 #define MD_UPDATE_SB_FLAGS (1 | 2 | 4)	/* If these are set, md_update_sb needed */
 #define MD_ARRAY_FIRST_USE 3    /* First use of array, needs initialization */
-#define MD_STILL_CLOSED	4	/* If set, then array has not been opened since
-				 * md_ioctl checked on it.
-				 */
+#define MD_CLOSING	4	/* If set, we are closing the array, do not open
+				 * it then */
 #define MD_JOURNAL_CLEAN 5	/* A raid with journal is already clean */
 #define MD_HAS_JOURNAL	6	/* The raid array has journal feature set */
 #define MD_RELOAD_SB	7	/* Reload the superblock because another node