diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 3bea45e8ccff..c208c01f63a5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -9256,8 +9256,10 @@ void md_reload_sb(struct mddev *mddev, int nr)
 	check_sb_changes(mddev, rdev);
 
 	/* Read all rdev's to update recovery_offset */
-	rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev)
-		read_rdev(mddev, rdev);
+	rdev_for_each_rcu(rdev, mddev) {
+		if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
+			read_rdev(mddev, rdev);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_reload_sb);