diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a20a71e5efd3ce0607993a84795e943a1706359d..08f665178c3b09167ca17f18c007976aa5f15f7c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5489,6 +5489,7 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 	int err = 0;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	mddev_t *mddev = NULL;
+	int ro;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
@@ -5624,6 +5625,34 @@ static int md_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 			err = do_md_stop(mddev, 1, 1);
 			goto done_unlock;
 
+		case BLKROSET:
+			if (get_user(ro, (int __user *)(arg))) {
+				err = -EFAULT;
+				goto done_unlock;
+			}
+			err = -EINVAL;
+
+			/* if the bdev is going readonly the value of mddev->ro
+			 * does not matter, no writes are coming
+			 */
+			if (ro)
+				goto done_unlock;
+
+			/* are we are already prepared for writes? */
+			if (mddev->ro != 1)
+				goto done_unlock;
+
+			/* transitioning to readauto need only happen for
+			 * arrays that call md_write_start
+			 */
+			if (mddev->pers) {
+				err = restart_array(mddev);
+				if (err == 0) {
+					mddev->ro = 2;
+					set_disk_ro(mddev->gendisk, 0);
+				}
+			}
+			goto done_unlock;
 	}
 
 	/*