diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 65fe35b5e34..0f4a70c43ff 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6336,10 +6336,16 @@ void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
 			sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_completed");
 		}
 
-		if (j >= mddev->resync_max)
-			wait_event(mddev->recovery_wait,
-				   mddev->resync_max > j
-				   || kthread_should_stop());
+		while (j >= mddev->resync_max && !kthread_should_stop()) {
+			/* As this condition is controlled by user-space,
+			 * we can block indefinitely, so use '_interruptible'
+			 * to avoid triggering warnings.
+			 */
+			flush_signals(current); /* just in case */
+			wait_event_interruptible(mddev->recovery_wait,
+						 mddev->resync_max > j
+						 || kthread_should_stop());
+		}
 
 		if (kthread_should_stop())
 			goto interrupted;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 1f444ae07f8..37835538b58 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -3699,14 +3699,21 @@ static int make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio * bi)
 					goto retry;
 				}
 			}
-			/* FIXME what if we get a false positive because these
-			 * are being updated.
-			 */
+
 			if (bio_data_dir(bi) == WRITE &&
 			    logical_sector >= mddev->suspend_lo &&
 			    logical_sector < mddev->suspend_hi) {
 				release_stripe(sh);
-				schedule();
+				/* As the suspend_* range is controlled by
+				 * userspace, we want an interruptible
+				 * wait.
+				 */
+				flush_signals(current);
+				prepare_to_wait(&conf->wait_for_overlap,
+						&w, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+				if (logical_sector >= mddev->suspend_lo &&
+				    logical_sector < mddev->suspend_hi)
+					schedule();
 				goto retry;
 			}