diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index d2bcb410e3a..3ce7a5d81d8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4423,7 +4423,7 @@ static int md_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	mddev_t *mddev = inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->private_data;
 	int err;
 
-	if ((err = mddev_lock(mddev)))
+	if ((err = mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(&mddev->reconfig_mutex, 1)))
 		goto out;
 
 	err = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index b2b91c47756..a7544afd758 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -125,8 +125,10 @@ extern int fastcall mutex_lock_interruptible(struct mutex *lock);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 extern void mutex_lock_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass);
+extern int mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass);
 #else
 # define mutex_lock_nested(lock, subclass) mutex_lock(lock)
+# define mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(lock, subclass) mutex_lock_interruptible(lock)
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/mutex.c b/kernel/mutex.c
index 8c71cf72a49..e7cbbb82765 100644
--- a/kernel/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/mutex.c
@@ -206,6 +206,15 @@ mutex_lock_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass)
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mutex_lock_nested);
+
+int __sched
+mutex_lock_interruptible_nested(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int subclass)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+	return __mutex_lock_common(lock, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, subclass);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mutex_lock_interruptible_nested);
 #endif
 
 /*