diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 4195a01b1535..9a8e66ae04f5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,6 @@ location_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 		if (mddev->bitmap_info.file) {
 			struct file *f = mddev->bitmap_info.file;
 			mddev->bitmap_info.file = NULL;
-			restore_bitmap_write_access(f);
 			fput(f);
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 4ad5cc4e63e8..3fa2fc0a5dd2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5181,32 +5181,6 @@ static int restart_array(struct mddev *mddev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* similar to deny_write_access, but accounts for our holding a reference
- * to the file ourselves */
-static int deny_bitmap_write_access(struct file * file)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 1) {
-		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-		return -ETXTBSY;
-	}
-	atomic_set(&inode->i_writecount, -1);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void restore_bitmap_write_access(struct file *file)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-
-	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
-	atomic_set(&inode->i_writecount, 1);
-	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
-}
-
 static void md_clean(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	mddev->array_sectors = 0;
@@ -5427,7 +5401,6 @@ static int do_md_stop(struct mddev * mddev, int mode,
 
 		bitmap_destroy(mddev);
 		if (mddev->bitmap_info.file) {
-			restore_bitmap_write_access(mddev->bitmap_info.file);
 			fput(mddev->bitmap_info.file);
 			mddev->bitmap_info.file = NULL;
 		}
@@ -5979,7 +5952,7 @@ abort_export:
 
 static int set_bitmap_file(struct mddev *mddev, int fd)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (mddev->pers) {
 		if (!mddev->pers->quiesce)
@@ -5991,6 +5964,7 @@ static int set_bitmap_file(struct mddev *mddev, int fd)
 
 
 	if (fd >= 0) {
+		struct inode *inode;
 		if (mddev->bitmap)
 			return -EEXIST; /* cannot add when bitmap is present */
 		mddev->bitmap_info.file = fget(fd);
@@ -6001,10 +5975,21 @@ static int set_bitmap_file(struct mddev *mddev, int fd)
 			return -EBADF;
 		}
 
-		err = deny_bitmap_write_access(mddev->bitmap_info.file);
-		if (err) {
+		inode = mddev->bitmap_info.file->f_mapping->host;
+		if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error: bitmap file must be a regular file\n",
+			       mdname(mddev));
+			err = -EBADF;
+		} else if (!(mddev->bitmap_info.file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error: bitmap file must open for write\n",
+			       mdname(mddev));
+			err = -EBADF;
+		} else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) != 1) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: error: bitmap file is already in use\n",
 			       mdname(mddev));
+			err = -EBUSY;
+		}
+		if (err) {
 			fput(mddev->bitmap_info.file);
 			mddev->bitmap_info.file = NULL;
 			return err;
@@ -6027,10 +6012,8 @@ static int set_bitmap_file(struct mddev *mddev, int fd)
 		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
 	}
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		if (mddev->bitmap_info.file) {
-			restore_bitmap_write_access(mddev->bitmap_info.file);
+		if (mddev->bitmap_info.file)
 			fput(mddev->bitmap_info.file);
-		}
 		mddev->bitmap_info.file = NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 07bba96de260..a49d991f3fe1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -605,7 +605,6 @@ extern int md_check_no_bitmap(struct mddev *mddev);
 extern int md_integrity_register(struct mddev *mddev);
 extern void md_integrity_add_rdev(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev);
 extern int strict_strtoul_scaled(const char *cp, unsigned long *res, int scale);
-extern void restore_bitmap_write_access(struct file *file);
 
 extern void mddev_init(struct mddev *mddev);
 extern int md_run(struct mddev *mddev);