diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index b70c207f7932..086216b051f5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -930,38 +930,60 @@ static void flush_pending_writes(struct r10conf *conf)
 
 static void raise_barrier(struct r10conf *conf, int force)
 {
-	spin_lock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	write_seqlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 	BUG_ON(force && !conf->barrier);
 
 	/* Wait until no block IO is waiting (unless 'force') */
 	wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier, force || !conf->nr_waiting,
-			    conf->resync_lock);
+			    conf->resync_lock.lock);
 
 	/* block any new IO from starting */
-	conf->barrier++;
+	WRITE_ONCE(conf->barrier, conf->barrier + 1);
 
 	/* Now wait for all pending IO to complete */
 	wait_event_lock_irq(conf->wait_barrier,
 			    !atomic_read(&conf->nr_pending) && conf->barrier < RESYNC_DEPTH,
-			    conf->resync_lock);
+			    conf->resync_lock.lock);
 
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	write_sequnlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 }
 
 static void lower_barrier(struct r10conf *conf)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->resync_lock, flags);
-	conf->barrier--;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->resync_lock, flags);
+
+	write_seqlock_irqsave(&conf->resync_lock, flags);
+	WRITE_ONCE(conf->barrier, conf->barrier - 1);
+	write_sequnlock_irqrestore(&conf->resync_lock, flags);
 	wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
 }
 
+static bool wait_barrier_nolock(struct r10conf *conf)
+{
+	unsigned int seq = raw_read_seqcount(&conf->resync_lock.seqcount);
+
+	if (seq & 1)
+		return false;
+
+	if (READ_ONCE(conf->barrier))
+		return false;
+
+	atomic_inc(&conf->nr_pending);
+	if (!read_seqcount_retry(&conf->resync_lock.seqcount, seq))
+		return true;
+
+	atomic_dec(&conf->nr_pending);
+	return false;
+}
+
 static bool wait_barrier(struct r10conf *conf, bool nowait)
 {
 	bool ret = true;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	if (wait_barrier_nolock(conf))
+		return true;
+
+	write_seqlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 	if (conf->barrier) {
 		struct bio_list *bio_list = current->bio_list;
 		conf->nr_waiting++;
@@ -992,7 +1014,7 @@ static bool wait_barrier(struct r10conf *conf, bool nowait)
 					      test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING,
 						       &conf->mddev->recovery) &&
 					      conf->nr_queued > 0),
-					    conf->resync_lock);
+					    conf->resync_lock.lock);
 		}
 		conf->nr_waiting--;
 		if (!conf->nr_waiting)
@@ -1001,7 +1023,7 @@ static bool wait_barrier(struct r10conf *conf, bool nowait)
 	/* Only increment nr_pending when we wait */
 	if (ret)
 		atomic_inc(&conf->nr_pending);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	write_sequnlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1026,27 +1048,27 @@ static void freeze_array(struct r10conf *conf, int extra)
 	 * must match the number of pending IOs (nr_pending) before
 	 * we continue.
 	 */
-	spin_lock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	write_seqlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 	conf->array_freeze_pending++;
-	conf->barrier++;
+	WRITE_ONCE(conf->barrier, conf->barrier + 1);
 	conf->nr_waiting++;
 	wait_event_lock_irq_cmd(conf->wait_barrier,
 				atomic_read(&conf->nr_pending) == conf->nr_queued+extra,
-				conf->resync_lock,
+				conf->resync_lock.lock,
 				flush_pending_writes(conf));
 
 	conf->array_freeze_pending--;
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	write_sequnlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 }
 
 static void unfreeze_array(struct r10conf *conf)
 {
 	/* reverse the effect of the freeze */
-	spin_lock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
-	conf->barrier--;
+	write_seqlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	WRITE_ONCE(conf->barrier, conf->barrier - 1);
 	conf->nr_waiting--;
 	wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
+	write_sequnlock_irq(&conf->resync_lock);
 }
 
 static sector_t choose_data_offset(struct r10bio *r10_bio,
@@ -4033,7 +4055,7 @@ static struct r10conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->retry_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->bio_end_io_list);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&conf->resync_lock);
+	seqlock_init(&conf->resync_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_barrier);
 	atomic_set(&conf->nr_pending, 0);
 
@@ -4352,7 +4374,7 @@ static void *raid10_takeover_raid0(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t size, int devs)
 				rdev->new_raid_disk = rdev->raid_disk * 2;
 				rdev->sectors = size;
 			}
-		conf->barrier = 1;
+		WRITE_ONCE(conf->barrier, 1);
 	}
 
 	return conf;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.h b/drivers/md/raid10.h
index 5c0804d8bb1f..8c072ce0bc54 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct r10conf {
 	/* queue pending writes and submit them on unplug */
 	struct bio_list		pending_bio_list;
 
-	spinlock_t		resync_lock;
+	seqlock_t		resync_lock;
 	atomic_t		nr_pending;
 	int			nr_waiting;
 	int			nr_queued;
