diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 237b7e0..48a99b7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7381,8 +7381,10 @@
 	/* just incase thread restarts... */
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery))
 		return;
-	if (mddev->ro) /* never try to sync a read-only array */
+	if (mddev->ro) {/* never try to sync a read-only array */
+		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery)) {
 		if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery)) {