/* md_cluster_info flags */
 #define                MD_CLUSTER_WAITING_FOR_NEWDISK          1
+#define                MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING       2
 
 
 struct md_cluster_info {
 
 static void recover_prep(void *arg)
 {
+       struct mddev *mddev = arg;
+       struct md_cluster_info *cinfo = mddev->cluster_info;
+       set_bit(MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING, &cinfo->state);
 }
 
 static void recover_slot(void *arg, struct dlm_slot *slot)
 
        cinfo->slot_number = our_slot;
        complete(&cinfo->completion);
+       clear_bit(MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING, &cinfo->state);
 }
 
 static const struct dlm_lockspace_ops md_ls_ops = {
        resync_send(mddev, RESYNCING, 0, 0);
 }
 
-static int area_resyncing(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t lo, sector_t hi)
+static int area_resyncing(struct mddev *mddev, int direction,
+               sector_t lo, sector_t hi)
 {
        struct md_cluster_info *cinfo = mddev->cluster_info;
        int ret = 0;
        struct suspend_info *s;
 
+       if ((direction == READ) &&
+               test_bit(MD_CLUSTER_SUSPEND_READ_BALANCING, &cinfo->state))
+               return 1;
+
        spin_lock_irq(&cinfo->suspend_lock);
        if (list_empty(&cinfo->suspend_list))
                goto out;
 
        int (*metadata_update_start)(struct mddev *mddev);
        int (*metadata_update_finish)(struct mddev *mddev);
        int (*metadata_update_cancel)(struct mddev *mddev);
-       int (*area_resyncing)(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t lo, sector_t hi);
+       int (*area_resyncing)(struct mddev *mddev, int direction, sector_t lo, sector_t hi);
        int (*add_new_disk_start)(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev);
        int (*add_new_disk_finish)(struct mddev *mddev);
        int (*new_disk_ack)(struct mddev *mddev, bool ack);
 
 
        if ((conf->mddev->recovery_cp < this_sector + sectors) ||
            (mddev_is_clustered(conf->mddev) &&
-           md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(conf->mddev, this_sector,
+           md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(conf->mddev, READ, this_sector,
                    this_sector + sectors)))
                choose_first = 1;
        else
            ((bio_end_sector(bio) > mddev->suspend_lo &&
            bio->bi_iter.bi_sector < mddev->suspend_hi) ||
            (mddev_is_clustered(mddev) &&
-            md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, bio_end_sector(bio))))) {
+            md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev, WRITE,
+                    bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, bio_end_sector(bio))))) {
                /* As the suspend_* range is controlled by
                 * userspace, we want an interruptible
                 * wait.
                        if (bio_end_sector(bio) <= mddev->suspend_lo ||
                            bio->bi_iter.bi_sector >= mddev->suspend_hi ||
                            (mddev_is_clustered(mddev) &&
-                            !md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev,
+                            !md_cluster_ops->area_resyncing(mddev, WRITE,
                                     bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, bio_end_sector(bio))))
                                break;
                        schedule();