if (!newconf)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       oldconf = rcu_dereference(mddev->private);
+       oldconf = rcu_dereference_protected(mddev->private,
+                                           lockdep_is_held(
+                                                   &mddev->reconfig_mutex));
        mddev->raid_disks++;
        rcu_assign_pointer(mddev->private, newconf);
        md_set_array_sectors(mddev, linear_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 
 static int linear_stop (struct mddev *mddev)
 {
-       struct linear_conf *conf = mddev->private;
+       struct linear_conf *conf =
+               rcu_dereference_protected(mddev->private,
+                                         lockdep_is_held(
+                                                 &mddev->reconfig_mutex));
 
        /*
         * We do not require rcu protection here since