Index: linux-3.10/drivers/md/dm.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.10.orig/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ linux-3.10/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 #include <linux/bio.h>
 #include <linux/mempool.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/async.h>
 
 #include <trace/events/block.h>
 
 #define DM_MSG_PREFIX "core"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
@@ -275,12 +276,15 @@ static void (*_exits[])(void) = {
 static int __init dm_init(void)
 {
 	const int count = ARRAY_SIZE(_inits);
 
 	int r, i;
 
+	printk(KERN_CRIT "DBG: %s: Calling async_synchronize_full();\n", __func__);
+	async_synchronize_full();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		r = _inits[i]();
 		if (r)
 			goto bad;
 	}
 
Index: linux-3.10/drivers/md/md.c
===================================================================
--- linux-3.10.orig/drivers/md/md.c
+++ linux-3.10/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/raid/md_p.h>
 #include <linux/raid/md_u.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/async.h>
 #include "md.h"
 #include "bitmap.h"
 
 #ifndef MODULE
 static void autostart_arrays(int part);
 #endif
@@ -8573,12 +8574,14 @@ static void autostart_arrays(int part)
 	dev_t dev;
 	int i_scanned, i_passed;
 
 	i_scanned = 0;
 	i_passed = 0;
 
+	printk(KERN_CRIT "DBG: %s: Calling async_synchronize_full()\n", __func__);
+	async_synchronize_full();
 	printk(KERN_INFO "md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.\n");
 
 	while (!list_empty(&all_detected_devices) && i_scanned < INT_MAX) {
 		i_scanned++;
 		node_detected_dev = list_entry(all_detected_devices.next,
 					struct detected_devices_node, list);