diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index ab8067f9ce8c..892aefe88fa7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -6935,7 +6935,7 @@ static struct r5conf *setup_conf(struct mddev *mddev)
 	} else
 		goto abort;
 	spin_lock_init(&conf->device_lock);
-	seqcount_init(&conf->gen_lock);
+	seqcount_spinlock_init(&conf->gen_lock, &conf->device_lock);
 	mutex_init(&conf->cache_size_mutex);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_for_quiescent);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&conf->wait_for_stripe);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.h b/drivers/md/raid5.h
index f90e0704bed9..a2c9e9e9f5ac 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.h
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ struct r5conf {
 	int			prev_chunk_sectors;
 	int			prev_algo;
 	short			generation; /* increments with every reshape */
-	seqcount_t		gen_lock;	/* lock against generation changes */
+	seqcount_spinlock_t	gen_lock;	/* lock against generation changes */
 	unsigned long		reshape_checkpoint; /* Time we last updated
 						     * metadata */
 	long long		min_offset_diff; /* minimum difference between