static bool stripe_can_batch(struct stripe_head *sh)
 {
        return test_bit(STRIPE_BATCH_READY, &sh->state) &&
+               !test_bit(STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING, &sh->state) &&
                is_full_stripe_write(sh);
 }
 
        pr_debug("added bi b#%llu to stripe s#%llu, disk %d.\n",
                (unsigned long long)(*bip)->bi_iter.bi_sector,
                (unsigned long long)sh->sector, dd_idx);
-       spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 
        if (conf->mddev->bitmap && firstwrite) {
+               /* Cannot hold spinlock over bitmap_startwrite,
+                * but must ensure this isn't added to a batch until
+                * we have added to the bitmap and set bm_seq.
+                * So set STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING to prevent
+                * batching.
+                * If multiple add_stripe_bio() calls race here they
+                * much all set STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING.  So only the first one
+                * to complete "bitmap_startwrite" gets to set
+                * STRIPE_BIT_DELAY.  This is important as once a stripe
+                * is added to a batch, STRIPE_BIT_DELAY cannot be changed
+                * any more.
+                */
+               set_bit(STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING, &sh->state);
+               spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
                bitmap_startwrite(conf->mddev->bitmap, sh->sector,
                                  STRIPE_SECTORS, 0);
-               sh->bm_seq = conf->seq_flush+1;
-               set_bit(STRIPE_BIT_DELAY, &sh->state);
+               spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
+               clear_bit(STRIPE_BITMAP_PENDING, &sh->state);
+               if (!sh->batch_head) {
+                       sh->bm_seq = conf->seq_flush+1;
+                       set_bit(STRIPE_BIT_DELAY, &sh->state);
+               }
        }
+       spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 
        if (stripe_can_batch(sh))
                stripe_add_to_batch_list(conf, sh);