diff --git a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
index bc81ecc24c96eef5734e965469a7938cd9498ad3..d0fd1bd8575cd6218a97ca49121956253bf32bce 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
@@ -442,10 +442,11 @@ static void __remove_suspend_info(struct md_cluster_info *cinfo, int slot)
 static void remove_suspend_info(struct mddev *mddev, int slot)
 {
 	struct md_cluster_info *cinfo = mddev->cluster_info;
+	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 1);
 	spin_lock_irq(&cinfo->suspend_lock);
 	__remove_suspend_info(cinfo, slot);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&cinfo->suspend_lock);
-	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 2);
+	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
 }
 
 
@@ -492,13 +493,12 @@ static void process_suspend_info(struct mddev *mddev,
 	s->lo = lo;
 	s->hi = hi;
 	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 1);
-	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
 	spin_lock_irq(&cinfo->suspend_lock);
 	/* Remove existing entry (if exists) before adding */
 	__remove_suspend_info(cinfo, slot);
 	list_add(&s->list, &cinfo->suspend_list);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&cinfo->suspend_lock);
-	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 2);
+	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
 }
 
 static void process_add_new_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct cluster_msg *cmsg)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 9155f00dca20b42e7bf1c52455a599a4f035faaa..d441b1d9846c1e21d838ac0a084e08c3ab361df5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4846,7 +4846,7 @@ suspend_lo_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
 static ssize_t
 suspend_lo_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	unsigned long long old, new;
+	unsigned long long new;
 	int err;
 
 	err = kstrtoull(buf, 10, &new);
@@ -4862,17 +4862,10 @@ suspend_lo_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	if (mddev->pers == NULL ||
 	    mddev->pers->quiesce == NULL)
 		goto unlock;
-	old = mddev->suspend_lo;
+	mddev_suspend(mddev);
 	mddev->suspend_lo = new;
-	if (new >= old) {
-		/* Shrinking suspended region */
-		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
-		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 2);
-	} else {
-		/* Expanding suspended region - need to wait */
-		mddev_suspend(mddev);
-		mddev_resume(mddev);
-	}
+	mddev_resume(mddev);
+
 	err = 0;
 unlock:
 	mddev_unlock(mddev);
@@ -4890,7 +4883,7 @@ suspend_hi_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
 static ssize_t
 suspend_hi_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-	unsigned long long old, new;
+	unsigned long long new;
 	int err;
 
 	err = kstrtoull(buf, 10, &new);
@@ -4903,20 +4896,13 @@ suspend_hi_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (mddev->pers == NULL ||
-	    mddev->pers->quiesce == NULL)
+	if (mddev->pers == NULL)
 		goto unlock;
-	old = mddev->suspend_hi;
+
+	mddev_suspend(mddev);
 	mddev->suspend_hi = new;
-	if (new <= old) {
-		/* Shrinking suspended region */
-		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
-		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 2);
-	} else {
-		/* Expanding suspended region - need to wait */
-		mddev_suspend(mddev);
-		mddev_resume(mddev);
-	}
+	mddev_resume(mddev);
+
 	err = 0;
 unlock:
 	mddev_unlock(mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 03fc641e5da17756fd8c646e5e93eedbc233f0c6..998b4ce1498f3b3a467e537b2d3fdb767137732d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -544,12 +544,11 @@ struct md_personality
 	int (*check_reshape) (struct mddev *mddev);
 	int (*start_reshape) (struct mddev *mddev);
 	void (*finish_reshape) (struct mddev *mddev);
-	/* quiesce moves between quiescence states
-	 * 0 - fully active
-	 * 1 - no new requests allowed
-	 * others - reserved
+	/* quiesce suspends or resumes internal processing.
+	 * 1 - stop new actions and wait for action io to complete
+	 * 0 - return to normal behaviour
 	 */
-	void (*quiesce) (struct mddev *mddev, int state);
+	void (*quiesce) (struct mddev *mddev, int quiesce);
 	/* takeover is used to transition an array from one
 	 * personality to another.  The new personality must be able
 	 * to handle the data in the current layout.
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 5a00fc1184706a6f332df5ce29516dc9bf164e22..5ecba9eef441fb3ddf0d6929a91a894553e2363a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ static void *raid0_takeover(struct mddev *mddev)
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }
 
-static void raid0_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int state)
+static void raid0_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int quiesce)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index fb56ef79a1c3f19c980d4b69c3d506f94a5f08cb..9428dfa7e9a072be3ad9c4b4bbd44c56c60df1e4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -3273,21 +3273,14 @@ static int raid1_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void raid1_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int state)
+static void raid1_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int quiesce)
 {
 	struct r1conf *conf = mddev->private;
 
-	switch(state) {
-	case 2: /* wake for suspend */
-		wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
-		break;
-	case 1:
+	if (quiesce)
 		freeze_array(conf, 0);
-		break;
-	case 0:
+	else
 		unfreeze_array(conf);
-		break;
-	}
 }
 
 static void *raid1_takeover(struct mddev *mddev)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index b0de5b5ee68946fc698e20e0384b8187c82847d4..615f677ceb1a9f62f0e2754bb9ab9e25713d426b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -3828,18 +3828,14 @@ static void raid10_free(struct mddev *mddev, void *priv)
 	kfree(conf);
 }
 
-static void raid10_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int state)
+static void raid10_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int quiesce)
 {
 	struct r10conf *conf = mddev->private;
 
-	switch(state) {
-	case 1:
+	if (quiesce)
 		raise_barrier(conf, 0);
-		break;
-	case 0:
+	else
 		lower_barrier(conf);
-		break;
-	}
 }
 
 static int raid10_resize(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sectors)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
index 59af7cf3509257bff309930eacc2991c78cf8ceb..037ed274807f7f58bc5f676e1864fc541b54084d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-cache.c
@@ -1589,21 +1589,21 @@ void r5l_wake_reclaim(struct r5l_log *log, sector_t space)
 	md_wakeup_thread(log->reclaim_thread);
 }
 
-void r5l_quiesce(struct r5l_log *log, int state)
+void r5l_quiesce(struct r5l_log *log, int quiesce)
 {
 	struct mddev *mddev;
-	if (!log || state == 2)
+	if (!log)
 		return;
-	if (state == 0)
-		kthread_unpark(log->reclaim_thread->tsk);
-	else if (state == 1) {
+
+	if (quiesce) {
 		/* make sure r5l_write_super_and_discard_space exits */
 		mddev = log->rdev->mddev;
 		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
 		kthread_park(log->reclaim_thread->tsk);
 		r5l_wake_reclaim(log, MaxSector);
 		r5l_do_reclaim(log);
-	}
+	} else
+		kthread_unpark(log->reclaim_thread->tsk);
 }
 
 bool r5l_log_disk_error(struct r5conf *conf)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5-log.h b/drivers/md/raid5-log.h
index 328d67aedda49dcf2a7c93d1d188d77108794647..c3596a27a5a89f4c9e5fa828aaa8b2b84a54a80a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5-log.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5-log.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ extern void r5l_write_stripe_run(struct r5l_log *log);
 extern void r5l_flush_stripe_to_raid(struct r5l_log *log);
 extern void r5l_stripe_write_finished(struct stripe_head *sh);
 extern int r5l_handle_flush_request(struct r5l_log *log, struct bio *bio);
-extern void r5l_quiesce(struct r5l_log *log, int state);
+extern void r5l_quiesce(struct r5l_log *log, int quiesce);
 extern bool r5l_log_disk_error(struct r5conf *conf);
 extern bool r5c_is_writeback(struct r5l_log *log);
 extern int
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 354a969f50a6f10399fe1dba2ddffa7d1f666c6c..17ffa1e44c84c2570eddf44508a187e2ae77b223 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -8008,16 +8008,12 @@ static void raid5_finish_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
 	}
 }
 
-static void raid5_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int state)
+static void raid5_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int quiesce)
 {
 	struct r5conf *conf = mddev->private;
 
-	switch(state) {
-	case 2: /* resume for a suspend */
-		wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
-		break;
-
-	case 1: /* stop all writes */
+	if (quiesce) {
+		/* stop all writes */
 		lock_all_device_hash_locks_irq(conf);
 		/* '2' tells resync/reshape to pause so that all
 		 * active stripes can drain
@@ -8033,17 +8029,15 @@ static void raid5_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int state)
 		unlock_all_device_hash_locks_irq(conf);
 		/* allow reshape to continue */
 		wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
-		break;
-
-	case 0: /* re-enable writes */
+	} else {
+		/* re-enable writes */
 		lock_all_device_hash_locks_irq(conf);
 		conf->quiesce = 0;
 		wake_up(&conf->wait_for_quiescent);
 		wake_up(&conf->wait_for_overlap);
 		unlock_all_device_hash_locks_irq(conf);
-		break;
 	}
-	r5l_quiesce(conf->log, state);
+	r5l_quiesce(conf->log, quiesce);
 }
 
 static void *raid45_takeover_raid0(struct mddev *mddev, int level)