diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index ea48429054441e35b4d3230ed876e729b1169806..1ceceb334d5ebe8f5ce637d29898fc984bfcc797 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ static int linear_congested(void *data, int bits)
 	linear_conf_t *conf;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
+	if (mddev_congested(mddev, bits))
+		return 1;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	conf = rcu_dereference(mddev->private);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a3dd3c8ea681303f695e6b51c2bd76dd1e4da413..26ba42a79129bdb953fa5b98628a744689a6594c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@ static void mddev_resume(mddev_t *mddev)
 	mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
 }
 
+int mddev_congested(mddev_t *mddev, int bits)
+{
+	return mddev->suspended;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mddev_congested);
+
 
 static inline mddev_t *mddev_get(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index f55d2ff9513329b973fe0c6c96ec9434eb53de9c..f184b69ef337514d460d669ffc4309a7d5dcc515 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ extern void md_write_end(mddev_t *mddev);
 extern void md_done_sync(mddev_t *mddev, int blocks, int ok);
 extern void md_error(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev);
 
+extern int mddev_congested(mddev_t *mddev, int bits);
 extern void md_super_write(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev,
 			   sector_t sector, int size, struct page *page);
 extern void md_super_wait(mddev_t *mddev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 94c21c11b9bc57acee622f5c0764ef88c5c5fd12..dcbf9d35928b3a468e148157a4f3cae222c01dee 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ static int multipath_congested(void *data, int bits)
 	multipath_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
+	if (mddev_congested(mddev, bits))
+		return 1;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < mddev->raid_disks ; i++) {
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 68a4d129206ee2a89e1fe32852d531a694ff5d40..d3a4ce06015a300e9d4df5e95ee63669613db17e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ static int raid0_congested(void *data, int bits)
 	mdk_rdev_t **devlist = conf->devlist;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
+	if (mddev_congested(mddev, bits))
+		return 1;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < mddev->raid_disks && !ret ; i++) {
 		struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(devlist[i]->bdev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 7efdeb44097f9a0d593909c8657cad2b016bdcb6..a1eb4e13a112ca88e2bdf6c540c24b8f247e4f23 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ static int raid1_congested(void *data, int bits)
 	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
+	if (mddev_congested(mddev, bits))
+		return 1;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 7872968fdfcc97f22b7687ad8ac318dad3432b6f..191f42efecc2284052a57d0ac989f2fca2cf54ed 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -631,6 +631,8 @@ static int raid10_congested(void *data, int bits)
 	conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int i, ret = 0;
 
+	if (mddev_congested(mddev, bits))
+		return 1;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < mddev->raid_disks && ret == 0; i++) {
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index bee3573ed1bdb6118d64c10224f745034008c562..9db84c98a41dd75af658e9483a7cf68b17dbe941 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3332,6 +3332,9 @@ static int raid5_congested(void *data, int bits)
 	/* No difference between reads and writes.  Just check
 	 * how busy the stripe_cache is
 	 */
+
+	if (mddev_congested(mddev, bits))
+		return 1;
 	if (conf->inactive_blocked)
 		return 1;
 	if (conf->quiesce)