diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 99c4e03..dc9d2de 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -601,6 +601,32 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int raid1_congested(void *data, int bits)
+{
+	mddev_t *mddev = data;
+	conf_t *conf = mddev_to_conf(mddev);
+	int i, ret = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (i = 0; i < mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
+		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
+		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
+			request_queue_t *q = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
+
+			/* Note the '|| 1' - when read_balance prefers
+			 * non-congested targets, it can be removed
+			 */
+			if ((bits & (1<<BDI_write_congested)) || 1)
+				ret |= bdi_congested(&q->backing_dev_info, bits);
+			else
+				ret &= bdi_congested(&q->backing_dev_info, bits);
+		}
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
 /* Barriers....
  * Sometimes we need to suspend IO while we do something else,
  * either some resync/recovery, or reconfigure the array.
@@ -1965,6 +1991,8 @@
 
 	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid1_unplug;
 	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid1_issue_flush;
+	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid1_congested;
+	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 
 	return 0;