diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index ca8527fe77ebe1a8ddfb5a7adc2d21ee79123319..da52acb60f520088fbb169de53769d5f81abc887 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7382,6 +7382,7 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	struct md_rdev *rdev;
 	int spares = 0;
+	int removed = 0;
 
 	mddev->curr_resync_completed = 0;
 
@@ -7395,8 +7396,13 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev)
 				    mddev, rdev) == 0) {
 				sysfs_unlink_rdev(mddev, rdev);
 				rdev->raid_disk = -1;
+				removed++;
 			}
 		}
+	if (removed)
+		sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL,
+			     "degraded");
+
 
 	list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set) {
 		if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index cc24f0cb7ee31ef420e4f8c86f6cb1b09733ec36..a368db2431a596020a98a3e64f67685ccef9c6cc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -531,8 +531,17 @@ static int read_balance(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio, int *max_sect
 		if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags)) {
 			/* Don't balance among write-mostly, just
 			 * use the first as a last resort */
-			if (best_disk < 0)
+			if (best_disk < 0) {
+				if (is_badblock(rdev, this_sector, sectors,
+						&first_bad, &bad_sectors)) {
+					if (first_bad < this_sector)
+						/* Cannot use this */
+						continue;
+					best_good_sectors = first_bad - this_sector;
+				} else
+					best_good_sectors = sectors;
 				best_disk = disk;
+			}
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* This is a reasonable device to use.  It might