diff --git a/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c b/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
index 6eaa0eab40f9..4b80165afd23 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-autodetect.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void __init md_setup_drive(struct md_setup_args *args)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	err = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	err = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_err("md: failed to lock array %s\n", name);
 		goto out_mddev_put;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static void __init md_setup_drive(struct md_setup_args *args)
 	if (err)
 		pr_warn("md: starting %s failed\n", name);
 out_unlock:
-	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
 out_mddev_put:
 	mddev_put(mddev);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
index 7d21e2a5b06e..b3d701c5c461 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
@@ -2537,7 +2537,7 @@ backlog_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	if (backlog > COUNTER_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	rv = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	rv = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev);
 	if (rv)
 		return rv;
 
@@ -2562,16 +2562,16 @@ backlog_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	if (!backlog && mddev->serial_info_pool) {
 		/* serial_info_pool is not needed if backlog is zero */
 		if (!mddev->serialize_policy)
-			mddev_destroy_serial_pool(mddev, NULL, false);
+			mddev_destroy_serial_pool(mddev, NULL, true);
 	} else if (backlog && !mddev->serial_info_pool) {
 		/* serial_info_pool is needed since backlog is not zero */
 		rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev)
-			mddev_create_serial_pool(mddev, rdev, false);
+			mddev_create_serial_pool(mddev, rdev, true);
 	}
 	if (old_mwb != backlog)
 		md_bitmap_update_sb(mddev->bitmap);
 
-	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
 	return len;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index c5fb75b066b5..f8d92d745105 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev)
 	pr_debug("md: bind<%s>\n", b);
 
 	if (mddev->raid_disks)
-		mddev_create_serial_pool(mddev, rdev, false);
+		mddev_create_serial_pool(mddev, rdev, true);
 
 	if ((err = kobject_add(&rdev->kobj, &mddev->kobj, "dev-%s", b)))
 		goto fail;
@@ -3077,11 +3077,11 @@ state_store(struct md_rdev *rdev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 		}
 	} else if (cmd_match(buf, "writemostly")) {
 		set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
-		mddev_create_serial_pool(rdev->mddev, rdev, false);
+		mddev_create_serial_pool(rdev->mddev, rdev, true);
 		need_update_sb = true;
 		err = 0;
 	} else if (cmd_match(buf, "-writemostly")) {
-		mddev_destroy_serial_pool(rdev->mddev, rdev, false);
+		mddev_destroy_serial_pool(rdev->mddev, rdev, true);
 		clear_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
 		need_update_sb = true;
 		err = 0;
@@ -3707,7 +3707,9 @@ rdev_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 	if (entry->store == state_store) {
 		if (cmd_match(page, "remove"))
 			kn = sysfs_break_active_protection(kobj, attr);
-		if (cmd_match(page, "remove") || cmd_match(page, "re-add"))
+		if (cmd_match(page, "remove") || cmd_match(page, "re-add") ||
+		    cmd_match(page, "writemostly") ||
+		    cmd_match(page, "-writemostly"))
 			suspend = true;
 	}
 
@@ -4681,7 +4683,7 @@ new_dev_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	    minor != MINOR(dev))
 		return -EOVERFLOW;
 
-	err = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	err = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (mddev->persistent) {
@@ -4702,14 +4704,14 @@ new_dev_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 		rdev = md_import_device(dev, -1, -1);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(rdev)) {
-		mddev_unlock(mddev);
+		mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
 		return PTR_ERR(rdev);
 	}
 	err = bind_rdev_to_array(rdev, mddev);
  out:
 	if (err)
 		export_rdev(rdev, mddev);
-	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
 	if (!err)
 		md_new_event();
 	return err ? err : len;
@@ -6646,13 +6648,13 @@ static void autorun_devices(int part)
 		if (IS_ERR(mddev))
 			break;
 
-		if (mddev_lock(mddev))
+		if (mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev))
 			pr_warn("md: %s locked, cannot run\n", mdname(mddev));
 		else if (mddev->raid_disks || mddev->major_version
 			 || !list_empty(&mddev->disks)) {
 			pr_warn("md: %s already running, cannot run %pg\n",
 				mdname(mddev), rdev0->bdev);
-			mddev_unlock(mddev);
+			mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
 		} else {
 			pr_debug("md: created %s\n", mdname(mddev));
 			mddev->persistent = 1;
@@ -6662,7 +6664,7 @@ static void autorun_devices(int part)
 					export_rdev(rdev, mddev);
 			}
 			autorun_array(mddev);
-			mddev_unlock(mddev);
+			mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
 		}
 		/* on success, candidates will be empty, on error
 		 * it won't...
