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diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 7e4f358a26a..eec517ced31 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ struct mdk_rdev_s
mddev_t *mddev; /* RAID array if running */
int last_events; /* IO event timestamp */
+ /*
+ * If meta_bdev is non-NULL, it means that a separate device is
+ * being used to store the metadata (superblock/bitmap) which
+ * would otherwise be contained on the same device as the data (bdev).
+ */
+ struct block_device *meta_bdev;
struct block_device *bdev; /* block device handle */
struct page *sb_page;