--- mdadm-3.1.2/super1.c	2010-03-09 18:26:44.000000000 -0500
+++ mdadm-3.1.2.dev/super1.c	2010-07-28 16:41:41.000000000 -0400
@@ -673,10 +673,10 @@
 		int d = info->disk.number;
 		int want;
 		if (info->disk.state == 6)
-			want = __cpu_to_le32(info->disk.raid_disk);
+			want = info->disk.raid_disk;
 		else
 			want = 0xFFFF;
-		if (sb->dev_roles[d] != want) {
+		if (__le16_to_cpu(sb->dev_roles[d]) != want) {
 			sb->dev_roles[d] = want;
 			rv = 1;
 		}