diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 358a08e656f6..f6c3bd4913eb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -689,13 +689,6 @@ static int read_balance(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio, int *max_sect
 		if (!rdev)
 			goto retry;
 		atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-		if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
-			/* cannot risk returning a device that failed
-			 * before we inc'ed nr_pending
-			 */
-			rdev_dec_pending(rdev, conf->mddev);
-			goto retry;
-		}
 		sectors = best_good_sectors;
 
 		if (conf->mirrors[best_disk].next_seq_sect != this_sector)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 3578d3aa9ee3..ae4dce1cbc42 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -707,7 +707,6 @@ static struct md_rdev *read_balance(struct r10conf *conf,
 
 	raid10_find_phys(conf, r10_bio);
 	rcu_read_lock();
-retry:
 	sectors = r10_bio->sectors;
 	best_slot = -1;
 	best_rdev = NULL;
@@ -804,13 +803,6 @@ retry:
 
 	if (slot >= 0) {
 		atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
-		if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
-			/* Cannot risk returning a device that failed
-			 * before we inc'ed nr_pending
-			 */
-			rdev_dec_pending(rdev, conf->mddev);
-			goto retry;
-		}
 		r10_bio->read_slot = slot;
 	} else
 		rdev = NULL;