diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 43cf9cc9c1df..f20d13e717d5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1643,7 +1643,9 @@ static void super_1_sync(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 		bmask = queue_logical_block_size(rdev->bdev->bd_disk->queue)-1;
 		if (rdev->sb_size & bmask)
 			rdev->sb_size = (rdev->sb_size | bmask) + 1;
-	}
+	} else
+		max_dev = le32_to_cpu(sb->max_dev);
+
 	for (i=0; i<max_dev;i++)
 		sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(0xfffe);
 	
@@ -7069,7 +7071,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(mddev_t *mddev)
 	if (mddev->ro && !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery))
 		return;
 	if ( ! (
-		(mddev->flags && !mddev->external) ||
+		(mddev->flags & ~ (1<<MD_CHANGE_PENDING)) ||
 		test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery) ||
 		test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery) ||
 		(mddev->external == 0 && mddev->safemode == 1) ||