struct stripe_head_state *s, int disks)
 {
        set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
-       if (s->failed == 0) {
-               BUG_ON(s->uptodate != disks);
-               compute_parity5(sh, CHECK_PARITY);
-               s->uptodate--;
-               if (page_is_zero(sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].page)) {
-                       /* parity is correct (on disc, not in buffer any more)
-                        */
-                       set_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state);
-               } else {
-                       conf->mddev->resync_mismatches += STRIPE_SECTORS;
-                       if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &conf->mddev->recovery))
-                               /* don't try to repair!! */
+       /* Take one of the following actions:
+        * 1/ start a check parity operation if (uptodate == disks)
+        * 2/ finish a check parity operation and act on the result
+        * 3/ skip to the writeback section if we previously
+        *    initiated a recovery operation
+        */
+       if (s->failed == 0 &&
+           !test_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending)) {
+               if (!test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.pending)) {
+                       BUG_ON(s->uptodate != disks);
+                       clear_bit(R5_UPTODATE, &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags);
+                       sh->ops.count++;
+                       s->uptodate--;
+               } else if (
+                      test_and_clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.complete)) {
+                       clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.ack);
+                       clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.pending);
+
+                       if (sh->ops.zero_sum_result == 0)
+                               /* parity is correct (on disc,
+                                * not in buffer any more)
+                                */
                                set_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state);
                        else {
-                               compute_block(sh, sh->pd_idx);
-                               s->uptodate++;
+                               conf->mddev->resync_mismatches +=
+                                       STRIPE_SECTORS;
+                               if (test_bit(
+                                    MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &conf->mddev->recovery))
+                                       /* don't try to repair!! */
+                                       set_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state);
+                               else {
+                                       set_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK,
+                                               &sh->ops.pending);
+                                       set_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD,
+                                               &sh->ops.pending);
+                                       set_bit(R5_Wantcompute,
+                                               &sh->dev[sh->pd_idx].flags);
+                                       sh->ops.target = sh->pd_idx;
+                                       sh->ops.count++;
+                                       s->uptodate++;
+                               }
                        }
                }
        }
-       if (!test_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state)) {
+
+       /* check if we can clear a parity disk reconstruct */
+       if (test_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.complete) &&
+               test_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending)) {
+
+               clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending);
+               clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.complete);
+               clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.ack);
+               clear_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.pending);
+       }
+
+       /* Wait for check parity and compute block operations to complete
+        * before write-back
+        */
+       if (!test_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state) &&
+               !test_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.pending) &&
+               !test_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.pending)) {
                struct r5dev *dev;
                /* either failed parity check, or recovery is happening */
                if (s->failed == 0)
                handle_issuing_new_write_requests5(conf, sh, &s, disks);
 
        /* maybe we need to check and possibly fix the parity for this stripe
-        * Any reads will already have been scheduled, so we just see if enough data
-        * is available
+        * Any reads will already have been scheduled, so we just see if enough
+        * data is available.  The parity check is held off while parity
+        * dependent operations are in flight.
         */
-       if (s.syncing && s.locked == 0 &&
-           !test_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state))
+       if ((s.syncing && s.locked == 0 &&
+            !test_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.pending) &&
+            !test_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state)) ||
+             test_bit(STRIPE_OP_CHECK, &sh->ops.pending) ||
+             test_bit(STRIPE_OP_MOD_REPAIR_PD, &sh->ops.pending))
                handle_parity_checks5(conf, sh, &s, disks);
+
        if (s.syncing && s.locked == 0 && test_bit(STRIPE_INSYNC, &sh->state)) {
                md_done_sync(conf->mddev, STRIPE_SECTORS,1);
                clear_bit(STRIPE_SYNCING, &sh->state);