diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b9748a0a0e301c9af3bcb1413527ec3343b9b67f..73ac6e6fee35c0b157a51cdcad305584c0d238c8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6103,6 +6103,7 @@ void md_stop(struct mddev *mddev)
 	/* stop the array and free an attached data structures.
 	 * This is called from dm-raid
 	 */
+	__md_stop_writes(mddev);
 	__md_stop(mddev);
 	bioset_exit(&mddev->bio_set);
 	bioset_exit(&mddev->sync_set);