diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 80f7b58c202ed4ab6c2ff5296067fce74add0efb..b9748a0a0e301c9af3bcb1413527ec3343b9b67f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -871,7 +871,8 @@ void md_super_write(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev,
 	    test_bit(FailFast, &rdev->flags) &&
 	    !test_bit(LastDev, &rdev->flags))
 		ff = MD_FAILFAST;
-	bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA | ff;
+	bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE | REQ_META
+		      | REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA | ff;
 
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->pending_writes);
 	submit_bio(bio);