diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 198b2a9eef98..c07b22e8d946 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -7069,10 +7069,12 @@ static void raid5_status(struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)
 	seq_printf(seq, " level %d, %dk chunk, algorithm %d", mddev->level,
 		conf->chunk_sectors / 2, mddev->layout);
 	seq_printf (seq, " [%d/%d] [", conf->raid_disks, conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded);
-	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
-		seq_printf (seq, "%s",
-			       conf->disks[i].rdev &&
-			       test_bit(In_sync, &conf->disks[i].rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
+		struct md_rdev *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
+		seq_printf (seq, "%s", rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	seq_printf (seq, "]");
 }