diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 8a2f767f26d8..0ed7f6bc2a7f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ static int linear_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 
 	if (md_check_no_bitmap(mddev))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	mddev->queue->queue_lock = &mddev->queue->__queue_lock;
 	conf = linear_conf(mddev, mddev->raid_disks);
 
 	if (!conf)
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 6d7ddf32ef2e..3a62d440e27b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ static int multipath_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 	 * bookkeeping area. [whatever we allocate in multipath_run(),
 	 * should be freed in multipath_stop()]
 	 */
-	mddev->queue->queue_lock = &mddev->queue->__queue_lock;
 
 	conf = kzalloc(sizeof(multipath_conf_t), GFP_KERNEL);
 	mddev->private = conf;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 75671dfee551..c0ac457f1218 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ static int raid0_run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	if (md_check_no_bitmap(mddev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(mddev->queue, mddev->chunk_sectors);
-	mddev->queue->queue_lock = &mddev->queue->__queue_lock;
 
 	/* if private is not null, we are here after takeover */
 	if (mddev->private == NULL) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index a23ffa397ba9..06cd712807d0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -593,7 +593,10 @@ static int flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
 	if (conf->pending_bio_list.head) {
 		struct bio *bio;
 		bio = bio_list_get(&conf->pending_bio_list);
+		/* Only take the spinlock to quiet a warning */
+		spin_lock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
 		blk_remove_plug(conf->mddev->queue);
+		spin_unlock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		/* flush any pending bitmap writes to
 		 * disk before proceeding w/ I/O */
@@ -959,7 +962,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		atomic_inc(&r1_bio->remaining);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		bio_list_add(&conf->pending_bio_list, mbio);
-		blk_plug_device(mddev->queue);
+		blk_plug_device_unlocked(mddev->queue);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 	}
 	r1_bio_write_done(r1_bio, bio->bi_vcnt, behind_pages, behind_pages != NULL);
@@ -2021,7 +2024,6 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	if (IS_ERR(conf))
 		return PTR_ERR(conf);
 
-	mddev->queue->queue_lock = &conf->device_lock;
 	list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set) {
 		disk_stack_limits(mddev->gendisk, rdev->bdev,
 				  rdev->data_offset << 9);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 3b607b28741b..747d061d8e05 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -662,7 +662,10 @@ static int flush_pending_writes(conf_t *conf)
 	if (conf->pending_bio_list.head) {
 		struct bio *bio;
 		bio = bio_list_get(&conf->pending_bio_list);
+		/* Spinlock only taken to quiet a warning */
+		spin_lock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
 		blk_remove_plug(conf->mddev->queue);
+		spin_unlock(conf->mddev->queue->queue_lock);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		/* flush any pending bitmap writes to disk
 		 * before proceeding w/ I/O */
@@ -971,7 +974,7 @@ static int make_request(mddev_t *mddev, struct bio * bio)
 		atomic_inc(&r10_bio->remaining);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 		bio_list_add(&conf->pending_bio_list, mbio);
-		blk_plug_device(mddev->queue);
+		blk_plug_device_unlocked(mddev->queue);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 	}
 
@@ -2304,8 +2307,6 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	if (!conf)
 		goto out;
 
-	mddev->queue->queue_lock = &conf->device_lock;
-
 	mddev->thread = conf->thread;
 	conf->thread = NULL;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 702812824195..78536fdbd87f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5204,7 +5204,6 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_data = mddev;
 		mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = raid5_congested;
-		mddev->queue->queue_lock = &conf->device_lock;
 		mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid5_unplug_queue;
 
 		chunk_size = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;