diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 3ccf1920682c..c7efe1522951 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -963,9 +963,10 @@ void md_super_write(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev,
 		return;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(rdev->meta_bdev ? rdev->meta_bdev : rdev->bdev,
-			       1,
-			       REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA,
-			       GFP_NOIO, &mddev->sync_set);
+			      1,
+			      REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE | REQ_META
+				  | REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA,
+			      GFP_NOIO, &mddev->sync_set);
 
 	atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);