diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 59cafafd5a5d..88e56ee98976 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2549,10 +2549,16 @@ static void raid5_end_read_request(struct bio * bi)
 				(unsigned long long)s,
 				bdn);
 		} else if (atomic_read(&rdev->read_errors)
-			 > conf->max_nr_stripes)
-			pr_warn("md/raid:%s: Too many read errors, failing device %s.\n",
-			       mdname(conf->mddev), bdn);
-		else
+			 > conf->max_nr_stripes) {
+			if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
+				pr_warn("md/raid:%s: %d read_errors > %d stripes\n",
+				    mdname(conf->mddev),
+				    atomic_read(&rdev->read_errors),
+				    conf->max_nr_stripes);
+				pr_warn("md/raid:%s: Too many read errors, failing device %s.\n",
+				    mdname(conf->mddev), bdn);
+			}
+		} else
 			retry = 1;
 		if (set_bad && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
 		    && !test_bit(R5_ReadNoMerge, &sh->dev[i].flags))