diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 8af4d655b2d3..3f04699725db 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ int bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long sect
 			prepare_to_wait(&bitmap->overflow_wait, &__wait,
 					TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 			spin_unlock_irq(&bitmap->lock);
-			blk_unplug(bitmap->mddev->queue);
+			md_unplug(bitmap->mddev);
 			schedule();
 			finish_wait(&bitmap->overflow_wait, &__wait);
 			continue;
@@ -1306,7 +1306,6 @@ int bitmap_startwrite(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, unsigned long sect
 		case 0:
 			bitmap_file_set_bit(bitmap, offset);
 			bitmap_count_page(bitmap, offset, 1);
-			blk_plug_device_unlocked(bitmap->mddev->queue);
 			/* fall through */
 		case 1:
 			*bmc = 2;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 03c64e9735fb..9d4e44e460e9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6627,7 +6627,7 @@ int md_allow_write(mddev_t *mddev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_allow_write);
 
-static void md_unplug(mddev_t *mddev)
+void md_unplug(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
 	if (mddev->queue)
 		blk_unplug(mddev->queue);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 209993207a55..0a850780b5d1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ extern int md_integrity_register(mddev_t *mddev);
 extern void md_integrity_add_rdev(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mddev_t *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 md_unplug(mddev_t *mddev);
 
 extern void mddev_init(mddev_t *mddev);
 extern int md_run(mddev_t *mddev);