diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 805b33e27496..4e7c9f398bc6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ static int super_90_load(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct md_rdev *refdev, int minor
 	/* not spare disk, or LEVEL_MULTIPATH */
 	if (sb->level == LEVEL_MULTIPATH ||
 		(rdev->desc_nr >= 0 &&
+		 rdev->desc_nr < MD_SB_DISKS &&
 		 sb->disks[rdev->desc_nr].state &
 		 ((1<<MD_DISK_SYNC) | (1 << MD_DISK_ACTIVE))))
 		spare_disk = false;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index a409ab6f30bc..201fd8aec59a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2782,7 +2782,7 @@ static sector_t raid1_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 				write_targets++;
 			}
 		}
-		if (bio->bi_end_io) {
+		if (rdev && bio->bi_end_io) {
 			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
 			bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector_nr + rdev->data_offset;
 			bio_set_dev(bio, rdev->bdev);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index f0fc538bfe59..d4d3b67ffbba 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5726,7 +5726,7 @@ static bool raid5_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bi)
 				do_flush = false;
 			}
 
-			if (!sh->batch_head)
+			if (!sh->batch_head || sh == sh->batch_head)
 				set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
 			clear_bit(STRIPE_DELAYED, &sh->state);
 			if ((!sh->batch_head || sh == sh->batch_head) &&