diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 71a7dc038a82..22cfc6660b18 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,9 @@ static void fix_read_error(struct r1conf *conf, int read_disk,
 
 			rdev = conf->mirrors[d].rdev;
 			if (rdev &&
-			    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
+			    (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
+			     (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) &&
+			      rdev->recovery_offset >= sect + s)) &&
 			    is_badblock(rdev, sect, s,
 					&first_bad, &bad_sectors) == 0 &&
 			    sync_page_io(rdev, sect, s<<9,