if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
                set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
                if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
-                       conf->working_disks--;
                        mddev->degraded++;
-                       conf->failed_disks++;
                        clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
                        /*
                         * if recovery was running, make sure it aborts.
                printk (KERN_ALERT
                        "raid5: Disk failure on %s, disabling device."
                        " Operation continuing on %d devices\n",
-                       bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), conf->working_disks);
+                       bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded);
        }
 }
 
        mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
        struct disk_info *disk;
        struct list_head *tmp;
+       int working_disks = 0;
 
        if (mddev->level != 5 && mddev->level != 4 && mddev->level != 6) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "raid5: %s: raid level not set to 4/5/6 (%d)\n",
                        printk(KERN_INFO "raid5: device %s operational as raid"
                                " disk %d\n", bdevname(rdev->bdev,b),
                                raid_disk);
-                       conf->working_disks++;
+                       working_disks++;
                }
        }
 
        /*
         * 0 for a fully functional array, 1 or 2 for a degraded array.
         */
-       mddev->degraded = conf->failed_disks = conf->raid_disks - conf->working_disks;
+       mddev->degraded = conf->raid_disks - working_disks;
        conf->mddev = mddev;
        conf->chunk_size = mddev->chunk_size;
        conf->level = mddev->level;
        if (mddev->degraded > conf->max_degraded) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "raid5: not enough operational devices for %s"
                        " (%d/%d failed)\n",
-                       mdname(mddev), conf->failed_disks, conf->raid_disks);
+                       mdname(mddev), mddev->degraded, conf->raid_disks);
                goto abort;
        }
 
        int i;
 
        seq_printf (seq, " level %d, %dk chunk, algorithm %d", mddev->level, mddev->chunk_size >> 10, mddev->layout);
-       seq_printf (seq, " [%d/%d] [", conf->raid_disks, conf->working_disks);
+       seq_printf (seq, " [%d/%d] [", conf->raid_disks, conf->raid_disks - mddev->degraded);
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
                seq_printf (seq, "%s",
                               conf->disks[i].rdev &&
                printk("(conf==NULL)\n");
                return;
        }
-       printk(" --- rd:%d wd:%d fd:%d\n", conf->raid_disks,
-                conf->working_disks, conf->failed_disks);
+       printk(" --- rd:%d wd:%d\n", conf->raid_disks,
+                conf->raid_disks - conf->mddev->degraded);
 
        for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++) {
                char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
                    && !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags)
                    && !test_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags)) {
                        mddev->degraded--;
-                       conf->failed_disks--;
-                       conf->working_disks++;
                        set_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags);
                }
        }
                        if (raid5_add_disk(mddev, rdev)) {
                                char nm[20];
                                set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
-                               conf->working_disks++;
                                added_devices++;
                                rdev->recovery_offset = 0;
                                sprintf(nm, "rd%d", rdev->raid_disk);