diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index d8957d74fd25..4602fc57c961 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1519,7 +1519,8 @@ static int fix_sync_read_error(struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 					abort = 1;
 			}
 			if (abort) {
-				mddev->recovery_disabled = 1;
+				conf->recovery_disabled =
+					mddev->recovery_disabled;
 				set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
 				md_done_sync(mddev, r1_bio->sectors, 0);
 				put_buf(r1_bio);
@@ -2436,6 +2437,7 @@ static struct r1conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	bio_list_init(&conf->pending_bio_list);
 	conf->pending_count = 0;
+	conf->recovery_disabled = mddev->recovery_disabled - 1;
 
 	conf->last_used = -1;
 	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 9496463ca5df..132c18ef8665 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,7 @@ static int raid10_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 		}
 
 		p->head_position = 0;
+		p->recovery_disabled = mddev->recovery_disabled - 1;
 		rdev->raid_disk = mirror;
 		err = 0;
 		if (rdev->saved_raid_disk != mirror)
@@ -2931,6 +2932,7 @@ static int run(struct mddev *mddev)
 			if (disk->rdev)
 				conf->fullsync = 1;
 		}
+		disk->recovery_disabled = mddev->recovery_disabled - 1;
 	}
 
 	if (mddev->recovery_cp != MaxSector)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 521bf2605f82..f6fe053a5bed 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4591,6 +4591,7 @@ static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 	atomic_set(&conf->preread_active_stripes, 0);
 	atomic_set(&conf->active_aligned_reads, 0);
 	conf->bypass_threshold = BYPASS_THRESHOLD;
+	conf->recovery_disabled = mddev->recovery_disabled - 1;
 
 	conf->raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks;
 	if (mddev->reshape_position == MaxSector)