disk = r10_bio->devs[slot].devnum;
                rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].replacement);
                if (rdev == NULL || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) ||
-                   r10_bio->devs[slot].addr + sectors > rdev->recovery_offset)
+                   r10_bio->devs[slot].addr + sectors >
+                   rdev->recovery_offset) {
+                       /*
+                        * Read replacement first to prevent reading both rdev
+                        * and replacement as NULL during replacement replace
+                        * rdev.
+                        */
+                       smp_mb();
                        rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[disk].rdev);
+               }
                if (rdev == NULL ||
                    test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
                        continue;
 
        for (i = 0;  i < conf->copies; i++) {
                int d = r10_bio->devs[i].devnum;
-               struct md_rdev *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
-               struct md_rdev *rrdev = rcu_dereference(
-                       conf->mirrors[d].replacement);
+               struct md_rdev *rdev, *rrdev;
+
+               rrdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].replacement);
+               /*
+                * Read replacement first to prevent reading both rdev and
+                * replacement as NULL during replacement replace rdev.
+                */
+               smp_mb();
+               rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
                if (rdev == rrdev)
                        rrdev = NULL;
                if (rdev && (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)))