diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 380cb68856b1..7031b865b3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -393,6 +393,8 @@ static int calc_degraded(struct r5conf *conf)
 	degraded = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < conf->previous_raid_disks; i++) {
 		struct md_rdev *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
+		if (rdev && test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
+			rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].replacement);
 		if (!rdev || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 			degraded++;
 		else if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
@@ -417,6 +419,8 @@ static int calc_degraded(struct r5conf *conf)
 	degraded2 = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
 		struct md_rdev *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
+		if (rdev && test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
+			rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].replacement);
 		if (!rdev || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 			degraded2++;
 		else if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))