--- /dev/null
+Index: linux-4.4.59-1/drivers/md/raid5.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-4.4.59-1.orig/drivers/md/raid5.c
++++ linux-4.4.59-1/drivers/md/raid5.c
+@@ -3041,6 +3041,8 @@ static int add_stripe_bio(struct stripe_
+ bi->bi_next = *bip;
+ *bip = bi;
+ raid5_inc_bi_active_stripes(bi);
++ if ((bi->bi_opf & REQ_SYNC) && !forwrite)
++ clear_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh->dev[dd_idx].flags); /* force to read from disk. */
+
+ if (forwrite) {
+ /* check if page is covered */
+@@ -5192,6 +5194,9 @@ static void make_discard_request(struct
+ md_write_end(mddev);
+ bio_endio(bi);
+ }
++
++ if (bi->bi_opf & REQ_SYNC)
++ md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+ }
+
+ static void raid5_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio * bi)