diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 35649ddac9bc..55de4f6f7eaf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ static void fix_read_error(struct r1conf *conf, int read_disk,
 			d--;
 			rdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev;
 			if (rdev &&
-			    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
+			    !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 				r1_sync_page_io(rdev, sect, s,
 						conf->tmppage, WRITE);
 		}
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ static void fix_read_error(struct r1conf *conf, int read_disk,
 			d--;
 			rdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev;
 			if (rdev &&
-			    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
+			    !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
 				if (r1_sync_page_io(rdev, sect, s,
 						    conf->tmppage, READ)) {
 					atomic_add(s, &rdev->corrected_errors);