diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index b5894dc64615..5c8f3f045e78 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -858,6 +858,33 @@ static inline void mddev_check_write_zeroes(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio
 		mddev->queue->limits.max_write_zeroes_sectors = 0;
 }
 
+static inline int mddev_suspend_and_lock(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __mddev_suspend(mddev, true);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	if (ret)
+		__mddev_resume(mddev);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void mddev_suspend_and_lock_nointr(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	__mddev_suspend(mddev, false);
+	mutex_lock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
+}
+
+static inline void mddev_unlock_and_resume(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	__mddev_resume(mddev);
+}
+
 struct mdu_array_info_s;
 struct mdu_disk_info_s;