diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index daa885ee4d60..b46bb143e3c5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4179,7 +4179,7 @@ array_state_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
 {
 	enum array_state st = inactive;
 
-	if (mddev->pers)
+	if (mddev->pers && !test_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags))
 		switch(mddev->ro) {
 		case 1:
 			st = readonly;
@@ -5776,9 +5776,6 @@ int md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 		md_update_sb(mddev, 0);
 
 	md_new_event(mddev);
-	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_state);
-	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_action);
-	sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded");
 	return 0;
 
 bitmap_abort:
@@ -5799,6 +5796,7 @@ static int do_md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	set_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags);
 	err = md_run(mddev);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -5819,9 +5817,14 @@ static int do_md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
+	clear_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags);
 	mddev->changed = 1;
 	kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(mddev->gendisk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_state);
+	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_action);
+	sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded");
 out:
+	clear_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -8932,6 +8935,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	if (mddev_trylock(mddev)) {
 		int spares = 0;
+		bool try_set_sync = mddev->safemode != 0;
 
 		if (!mddev->external && mddev->safemode == 1)
 			mddev->safemode = 0;
@@ -8977,7 +8981,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!mddev->external && !mddev->in_sync) {
+		if (try_set_sync && !mddev->external && !mddev->in_sync) {
 			spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
 			set_in_sync(mddev);
 			spin_unlock(&mddev->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index b742659150a2..1edcd967eb8e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ enum mddev_flags {
 	MD_UPDATING_SB,		/* md_check_recovery is updating the metadata
 				 * without explicitly holding reconfig_mutex.
 				 */
+	MD_NOT_READY,		/* do_md_run() is active, so 'array_state'
+				 * must not report that array is ready yet
+				 */
 };
 
 enum mddev_sb_flags {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 59cafafd5a5d..88e56ee98976 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2549,10 +2549,16 @@ static void raid5_end_read_request(struct bio * bi)
 				(unsigned long long)s,
 				bdn);
 		} else if (atomic_read(&rdev->read_errors)
-			 > conf->max_nr_stripes)
-			pr_warn("md/raid:%s: Too many read errors, failing device %s.\n",
-			       mdname(conf->mddev), bdn);
-		else
+			 > conf->max_nr_stripes) {
+			if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
+				pr_warn("md/raid:%s: %d read_errors > %d stripes\n",
+				    mdname(conf->mddev),
+				    atomic_read(&rdev->read_errors),
+				    conf->max_nr_stripes);
+				pr_warn("md/raid:%s: Too many read errors, failing device %s.\n",
+				    mdname(conf->mddev), bdn);
+			}
+		} else
 			retry = 1;
 		if (set_bad && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)
 		    && !test_bit(R5_ReadNoMerge, &sh->dev[i].flags))