- if (conf->mddev->external && unlikely(s.blocked_rdev))
- md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(s.blocked_rdev, conf->mddev);
+ if (unlikely(s.blocked_rdev)) {
+ if (conf->mddev->external)
+ md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(s.blocked_rdev,
+ conf->mddev);
+ else
+ /* Internal metadata will immediately
+ * be written by raid5d, so we don't
+ * need to wait here.
+ */
+ rdev_dec_pending(s.blocked_rdev,
+ conf->mddev);
+ }