diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 7b4f5f7155d..01e3cffd03b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,8 @@ static void raid1d(mddev_t *mddev)
 			}
 
 			bio = r1_bio->bios[r1_bio->read_disk];
-			if ((disk=read_balance(conf, r1_bio)) == -1) {
+			if ((disk=read_balance(conf, r1_bio)) == -1 ||
+			    disk == r1_bio->read_disk) {
 				printk(KERN_ALERT "raid1: %s: unrecoverable I/O"
 				       " read error for block %llu\n",
 				       bdevname(bio->bi_bdev,b),