diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 5469ae35ee15..aa640a85bb21 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ resync_start_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	char *e;
 	unsigned long long n = simple_strtoull(buf, &e, 10);
 
-	if (mddev->pers)
+	if (mddev->pers && !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery))
 		return -EBUSY;
 	if (cmd_match(buf, "none"))
 		n = MaxSector;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 779abbd2bb1d..5d096096f958 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2061,7 +2061,7 @@ static int raid1_resize(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sectors)
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors &&
-	    mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
+	    mddev->recovery_cp > mddev->dev_sectors) {
 		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 51af7f3bfe52..34dd54539f7b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5389,7 +5389,8 @@ static int raid5_resize(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sectors)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
-	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors && mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
+	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors &&
+	    mddev->recovery_cp > mddev->dev_sectors) {
 		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	}