diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 397b3d80c48b..28ad97eeb6ab 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2472,6 +2472,8 @@ static void handle_read_error(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 		fix_read_error(conf, r1_bio->read_disk,
 			       r1_bio->sector, r1_bio->sectors);
 		unfreeze_array(conf);
+	} else if (mddev->ro == 0 && test_bit(FailFast, &rdev->flags)) {
+		md_error(mddev, rdev);
 	} else {
 		r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk] = IO_BLOCKED;
 	}