diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index f0f0585c107e..c37e256b1176 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -2002,6 +2002,7 @@ static int __handle_issuing_new_read_requests5(struct stripe_head *sh,
 		 * have quiesced.
 		 */
 		if ((s->uptodate == disks - 1) &&
+		    (s->failed && disk_idx == s->failed_num) &&
 		    !test_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.pending)) {
 			set_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.pending);
 			set_bit(R5_Wantcompute, &dev->flags);
@@ -2087,7 +2088,9 @@ static void handle_issuing_new_read_requests6(struct stripe_head *sh,
 			/* we would like to get this block, possibly
 			 * by computing it, but we might not be able to
 			 */
-			if (s->uptodate == disks-1) {
+			if ((s->uptodate == disks - 1) &&
+			    (s->failed && (i == r6s->failed_num[0] ||
+					   i == r6s->failed_num[1]))) {
 				pr_debug("Computing stripe %llu block %d\n",
 				       (unsigned long long)sh->sector, i);
 				compute_block_1(sh, i, 0);