diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index ae2c5fd..145cdc5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i = 0; i < disks; i++) {
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
-		if (rdev && rdev->in_sync) {
+		if (rdev && test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
 			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
 			rcu_read_unlock();
 			return i;
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks; i++) {
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
-		if (rdev && !rdev->faulty && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
+		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)
+		    && atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
 			request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev);
 
 			atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < conf->raid_disks; i++)
 		seq_printf (seq, "%s",
 			       conf->multipaths[i].rdev && 
-			       conf->multipaths[i].rdev->in_sync ? "U" : "_");
+			       test_bit(In_sync, &conf->multipaths[i].rdev->flags) ? "U" : "_");
 	seq_printf (seq, "]");
 }
 
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for (i=0; i<mddev->raid_disks && ret == 0; i++) {
 		mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->multipaths[i].rdev);
-		if (rdev && !rdev->faulty) {
+		if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
 			struct block_device *bdev = rdev->bdev;
 			request_queue_t *r_queue = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 
@@ -265,10 +266,10 @@
 		/*
 		 * Mark disk as unusable
 		 */
-		if (!rdev->faulty) {
+		if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
 			char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-			rdev->in_sync = 0;
-			rdev->faulty = 1;
+			clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
+			set_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags);
 			mddev->sb_dirty = 1;
 			conf->working_disks--;
 			printk(KERN_ALERT "multipath: IO failure on %s,"
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@
 		tmp = conf->multipaths + i;
 		if (tmp->rdev)
 			printk(" disk%d, o:%d, dev:%s\n",
-				i,!tmp->rdev->faulty,
+				i,!test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags),
 			       bdevname(tmp->rdev->bdev,b));
 	}
 }
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@
 
 			conf->working_disks++;
 			rdev->raid_disk = path;
-			rdev->in_sync = 1;
+			set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 			rcu_assign_pointer(p->rdev, rdev);
 			found = 1;
 		}
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@
 
 	rdev = p->rdev;
 	if (rdev) {
-		if (rdev->in_sync ||
+		if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
 		    atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "hot-remove-disk, slot %d is identified"				" but is still operational!\n", number);
 			err = -EBUSY;
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@
 		    mddev->queue->max_sectors > (PAGE_SIZE>>9))
 			blk_queue_max_sectors(mddev->queue, PAGE_SIZE>>9);
 
-		if (!rdev->faulty) 
+		if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
 			conf->working_disks++;
 	}