diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index c7c8cde0ab21128527cd74a1d7df4a0e388dc718..358a08e656f6ee949f0fe5033bdab09b835cd49b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2535,6 +2535,13 @@ static sector_t raid1_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 		return sync_blocks;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If there is non-resync activity waiting for a turn, then let it
+	 * though before starting on this new sync request.
+	 */
+	if (conf->nr_waiting)
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+
 	/* we are incrementing sector_nr below. To be safe, we check against
 	 * sector_nr + two times RESYNC_SECTORS
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index c7de2a53e6259499dc18f64d7783d3cacad5c029..3578d3aa9ee3a9626dc14481fb8cfdd0f066589c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -2912,6 +2912,13 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 	    max_sector > (sector_nr | chunk_mask))
 		max_sector = (sector_nr | chunk_mask) + 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * If there is non-resync activity waiting for a turn, then let it
+	 * though before starting on this new sync request.
+	 */
+	if (conf->nr_waiting)
+		schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+
 	/* Again, very different code for resync and recovery.
 	 * Both must result in an r10bio with a list of bios that
 	 * have bi_end_io, bi_sector, bi_bdev set,