diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 324a3663fcdaa35dc9d0553f532543aa8019dd38..84c46a161927999ebfc6c5d56d98e76247e66ae4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ super_90_rdev_size_change(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, sector_t num_sectors)
 	md_super_write(rdev->mddev, rdev, rdev->sb_start, rdev->sb_size,
 		       rdev->sb_page);
 	md_super_wait(rdev->mddev);
-	return num_sectors / 2; /* kB for sysfs */
+	return num_sectors;
 }
 
 
@@ -1704,7 +1704,7 @@ super_1_rdev_size_change(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, sector_t num_sectors)
 	md_super_write(rdev->mddev, rdev, rdev->sb_start, rdev->sb_size,
 		       rdev->sb_page);
 	md_super_wait(rdev->mddev);
-	return num_sectors / 2; /* kB for sysfs */
+	return num_sectors;
 }
 
 static struct super_type super_types[] = {
@@ -4338,6 +4338,8 @@ static int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 	if (mddev->kobj.sd &&
 	    sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_bitmap_group))
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "pointless warning\n");
+
+	blk_queue_flush(mddev->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
  abort:
 	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
 	if (!error && mddev->kobj.sd) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 45f8324196ec61c86cd7164868e3f8bc66ada03c..845cf95b612c452b799033f6b4f4a2903715b623 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ static int raid1_remove_disk(mddev_t *mddev, int number)
 		 * is not possible.
 		 */
 		if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) &&
+		    !mddev->recovery_disabled &&
 		    mddev->degraded < conf->raid_disks) {
 			err = -EBUSY;
 			goto abort;