diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1-10.c b/drivers/md/raid1-10.c
index 52469e460dabeb0cfb8f9c5b1b338d257b2cfae8..c62bcb17c67bb1f31b7e0264581ea921392ef56e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1-10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1-10.c
@@ -152,3 +152,17 @@ static inline bool raid1_add_bio_to_plug(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio,
 
 	return true;
 }
+
+/*
+ * current->bio_list will be set under submit_bio() context, in this case bitmap
+ * io will be added to the list and wait for current io submission to finish,
+ * while current io submission must wait for bitmap io to be done. In order to
+ * avoid such deadlock, submit bitmap io asynchronously.
+ */
+static inline void raid1_prepare_flush_writes(struct bitmap *bitmap)
+{
+	if (current->bio_list)
+		md_bitmap_unplug_async(bitmap);
+	else
+		md_bitmap_unplug(bitmap);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index c6b2abb7d185dd643cf7a91ca17f2c582a029750..334ed76d3c5abfa463e0659f9a65e12881567265 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ static int read_balance(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio, int *max_sect
 static void flush_bio_list(struct r1conf *conf, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	/* flush any pending bitmap writes to disk before proceeding w/ I/O */
-	md_bitmap_unplug(conf->mddev->bitmap);
+	raid1_prepare_flush_writes(conf->mddev->bitmap);
 	wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
 
 	while (bio) { /* submit pending writes */
@@ -1169,7 +1169,7 @@ static void raid1_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule)
 	struct r1conf *conf = mddev->private;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	if (from_schedule || current->bio_list) {
+	if (from_schedule) {
 		spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		bio_list_merge(&conf->pending_bio_list, &plug->pending);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 21cdb85baba49117ab14772ed92d90db0102da5a..f890f549086bac19a5502414c8e99743733df3a8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -910,9 +910,7 @@ static void flush_pending_writes(struct r10conf *conf)
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 		blk_start_plug(&plug);
-		/* flush any pending bitmap writes to disk
-		 * before proceeding w/ I/O */
-		md_bitmap_unplug(conf->mddev->bitmap);
+		raid1_prepare_flush_writes(conf->mddev->bitmap);
 		wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
 
 		while (bio) { /* submit pending writes */
@@ -1116,7 +1114,7 @@ static void raid10_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule)
 	struct r10conf *conf = mddev->private;
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	if (from_schedule || current->bio_list) {
+	if (from_schedule) {
 		spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 		bio_list_merge(&conf->pending_bio_list, &plug->pending);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
@@ -1128,7 +1126,7 @@ static void raid10_unplug(struct blk_plug_cb *cb, bool from_schedule)
 
 	/* we aren't scheduling, so we can do the write-out directly. */
 	bio = bio_list_get(&plug->pending);
-	md_bitmap_unplug(mddev->bitmap);
+	raid1_prepare_flush_writes(mddev->bitmap);
 	wake_up(&conf->wait_barrier);
 
 	while (bio) { /* submit pending writes */