diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 26ba42a..10eb1fc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2631,7 +2631,7 @@
 			rdev->desc_nr = i++;
 			rdev->raid_disk = rdev->desc_nr;
 			set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
-		} else if (rdev->raid_disk >= mddev->raid_disks) {
+		} else if (rdev->raid_disk >= (mddev->raid_disks - min(0, mddev->delta_disks))) {
 			rdev->raid_disk = -1;
 			clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index d4ce51b..c4366c9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1238,22 +1238,22 @@
 static int grow_one_stripe(raid5_conf_t *conf)
 {
 	struct stripe_head *sh;
+	int disks = max(conf->raid_disks, conf->previous_raid_disks);
 	sh = kmem_cache_alloc(conf->slab_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sh)
 		return 0;
-	memset(sh, 0, sizeof(*sh) + (conf->raid_disks-1)*sizeof(struct r5dev));
+	memset(sh, 0, sizeof(*sh) + (disks-1)*sizeof(struct r5dev));
 	sh->raid_conf = conf;
 	spin_lock_init(&sh->lock);
 	#ifdef CONFIG_MULTICORE_RAID456
 	init_waitqueue_head(&sh->ops.wait_for_ops);
 	#endif
 
-	if (grow_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks)) {
-		shrink_buffers(sh, conf->raid_disks);
+	if (grow_buffers(sh, disks)) {
+		shrink_buffers(sh, disks);
 		kmem_cache_free(conf->slab_cache, sh);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	sh->disks = conf->raid_disks;
 	/* we just created an active stripe so... */
 	atomic_set(&sh->count, 1);
 	atomic_inc(&conf->active_stripes);
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
 static int grow_stripes(raid5_conf_t *conf, int num)
 {
 	struct kmem_cache *sc;
-	int devs = conf->raid_disks;
+	int devs = max(conf->raid_disks, conf->previous_raid_disks);
 
 	sprintf(conf->cache_name[0],
 		"raid%d-%s", conf->level, mdname(conf->mddev));
@@ -3540,9 +3540,10 @@
 {
 	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 	int i;
+	int devs = max(conf->raid_disks, conf->previous_raid_disks);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < devs; i++) {
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
 		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
 			struct request_queue *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
@@ -4562,13 +4563,9 @@
 
 	if (!sectors)
 		sectors = mddev->dev_sectors;
-	if (!raid_disks) {
+	if (!raid_disks)
 		/* size is defined by the smallest of previous and new size */
-		if (conf->raid_disks < conf->previous_raid_disks)
-			raid_disks = conf->raid_disks;
-		else
-			raid_disks = conf->previous_raid_disks;
-	}
+		raid_disks = min(conf->raid_disks, conf->previous_raid_disks);
 
 	sectors &= ~((sector_t)mddev->chunk_sectors - 1);
 	sectors &= ~((sector_t)mddev->new_chunk_sectors - 1);
@@ -4669,7 +4666,7 @@
 			}
 			per_cpu_ptr(conf->percpu, cpu)->spare_page = spare_page;
 		}
-		scribble = kmalloc(scribble_len(conf->raid_disks), GFP_KERNEL);
+		scribble = kmalloc(conf->scribble_len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!scribble) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
@@ -4690,7 +4687,7 @@
 static raid5_conf_t *setup_conf(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
 	raid5_conf_t *conf;
-	int raid_disk, memory;
+	int raid_disk, memory, max_disks;
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 	struct disk_info *disk;
 
@@ -4740,13 +4737,14 @@
 	conf->bypass_threshold = BYPASS_THRESHOLD;
 
 	conf->raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks;
-	conf->scribble_len = scribble_len(conf->raid_disks);
 	if (mddev->reshape_position == MaxSector)
 		conf->previous_raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks;
 	else
 		conf->previous_raid_disks = mddev->raid_disks - mddev->delta_disks;
+	max_disks = max(conf->raid_disks, conf->previous_raid_disks);
+	conf->scribble_len = scribble_len(max_disks);
 
-	conf->disks = kzalloc(conf->raid_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
+	conf->disks = kzalloc(max_disks * sizeof(struct disk_info),
 			      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!conf->disks)
 		goto abort;
@@ -4764,7 +4762,7 @@
 
 	list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set) {
 		raid_disk = rdev->raid_disk;
-		if (raid_disk >= conf->raid_disks
+		if (raid_disk >= max_disks
 		    || raid_disk < 0)
 			continue;
 		disk = conf->disks + raid_disk;
@@ -4796,7 +4794,7 @@
 	}
 
 	memory = conf->max_nr_stripes * (sizeof(struct stripe_head) +
-		 conf->raid_disks * ((sizeof(struct bio) + PAGE_SIZE))) / 1024;
+		 max_disks * ((sizeof(struct bio) + PAGE_SIZE))) / 1024;
 	if (grow_stripes(conf, conf->max_nr_stripes)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 			"raid5: couldn't allocate %dkB for buffers\n", memory);
@@ -4921,7 +4919,8 @@
 		    test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
 			working_disks++;
 
-	mddev->degraded = conf->raid_disks - working_disks;
+	mddev->degraded = (max(conf->raid_disks, conf->previous_raid_disks)
+			   - working_disks);
 
 	if (mddev->degraded > conf->max_degraded) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "raid5: not enough operational devices for %s"