diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 9ad452c6d7e3..c2192a2907e4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -762,14 +762,12 @@ static void ops_complete_biofill(void *stripe_head_ref)
 {
 	struct stripe_head *sh = stripe_head_ref;
 	struct bio *return_bi = NULL;
-	struct r5conf *conf = sh->raid_conf;
 	int i;
 
 	pr_debug("%s: stripe %llu\n", __func__,
 		(unsigned long long)sh->sector);
 
 	/* clear completed biofills */
-	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 	for (i = sh->disks; i--; ) {
 		struct r5dev *dev = &sh->dev[i];
 
@@ -795,7 +793,6 @@ static void ops_complete_biofill(void *stripe_head_ref)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 	clear_bit(STRIPE_BIOFILL_RUN, &sh->state);
 
 	return_io(return_bi);
@@ -807,7 +804,6 @@ static void ops_complete_biofill(void *stripe_head_ref)
 static void ops_run_biofill(struct stripe_head *sh)
 {
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx = NULL;
-	struct r5conf *conf = sh->raid_conf;
 	struct async_submit_ctl submit;
 	int i;
 
@@ -818,10 +814,10 @@ static void ops_run_biofill(struct stripe_head *sh)
 		struct r5dev *dev = &sh->dev[i];
 		if (test_bit(R5_Wantfill, &dev->flags)) {
 			struct bio *rbi;
-			spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+			spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 			dev->read = rbi = dev->toread;
 			dev->toread = NULL;
-			spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 			while (rbi && rbi->bi_sector <
 				dev->sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
 				tx = async_copy_data(0, rbi, dev->page,
@@ -1157,12 +1153,12 @@ ops_run_biodrain(struct stripe_head *sh, struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *tx)
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(R5_Wantdrain, &dev->flags)) {
 			struct bio *wbi;
 
-			spin_lock_irq(&sh->raid_conf->device_lock);
+			spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 			chosen = dev->towrite;
 			dev->towrite = NULL;
 			BUG_ON(dev->written);
 			wbi = dev->written = chosen;
-			spin_unlock_irq(&sh->raid_conf->device_lock);
+			spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 
 			while (wbi && wbi->bi_sector <
 				dev->sector + STRIPE_SECTORS) {
@@ -1467,6 +1463,8 @@ static int grow_one_stripe(struct r5conf *conf)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sh->ops.wait_for_ops);
 	#endif
 
+	spin_lock_init(&sh->stripe_lock);
+
 	if (grow_buffers(sh)) {
 		shrink_buffers(sh);
 		kmem_cache_free(conf->slab_cache, sh);
@@ -2353,8 +2351,15 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx, in
 		(unsigned long long)bi->bi_sector,
 		(unsigned long long)sh->sector);
 
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+	/*
+	 * If several bio share a stripe. The bio bi_phys_segments acts as a
+	 * reference count to avoid race. The reference count should already be
+	 * increased before this function is called (for example, in
+	 * make_request()), so other bio sharing this stripe will not free the
+	 * stripe. If a stripe is owned by one stripe, the stripe lock will
+	 * protect it.
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 	if (forwrite) {
 		bip = &sh->dev[dd_idx].towrite;
 		if (*bip == NULL)
@@ -2388,7 +2393,7 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx, in
 		if (sector >= sh->dev[dd_idx].sector + STRIPE_SECTORS)
 			set_bit(R5_OVERWRITE, &sh->dev[dd_idx].flags);
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 
 	pr_debug("added bi b#%llu to stripe s#%llu, disk %d.\n",
 		(unsigned long long)(*bip)->bi_sector,
@@ -2404,7 +2409,7 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_head *sh, struct bio *bi, int dd_idx, in
 
  overlap:
 	set_bit(R5_Overlap, &sh->dev[dd_idx].flags);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2454,11 +2459,11 @@ handle_failed_stripe(struct r5conf *conf, struct stripe_head *sh,
 				rdev_dec_pending(rdev, conf->mddev);
 			}
 		}
-		spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+		spin_lock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 		/* fail all writes first */
 		bi = sh->dev[i].towrite;
 		sh->dev[i].towrite = NULL;
-		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
+		spin_unlock_irq(&sh->stripe_lock);
 		if (bi) {
 			s->to_write--;
 			bitmap_end = 1;
@@ -3192,7 +3197,6 @@ static void analyse_stripe(struct stripe_head *sh, struct stripe_head_state *s)
 
 	/* Now to look around and see what can be done */
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 	for (i=disks; i--; ) {
 		struct md_rdev *rdev;
 		sector_t first_bad;
@@ -3338,7 +3342,6 @@ static void analyse_stripe(struct stripe_head *sh, struct stripe_head_state *s)
 				do_recovery = 1;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 	if (test_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state)) {
 		/* If there is a failed device being replaced,
 		 *     we must be recovering.
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index 2164021f3b5f..f03fb3395183 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ struct stripe_head {
 	int			disks;		/* disks in stripe */
 	enum check_states	check_state;
 	enum reconstruct_states reconstruct_state;
+	spinlock_t		stripe_lock;
 	/**
 	 * struct stripe_operations
 	 * @target - STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK target