diff --git a/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_netbsdkintf.c b/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_netbsdkintf.c
index e69a4601e2db..ebf6aea0ae77 100644
--- a/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_netbsdkintf.c
+++ b/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_netbsdkintf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: rf_netbsdkintf.c,v 1.21 1999/07/21 03:15:26 oster Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: rf_netbsdkintf.c,v 1.22 1999/08/10 18:18:30 oster Exp $	*/
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -988,7 +988,9 @@ raidioctl(dev, cmd, data, flag, p)
 
 		/* borrow the thread of the requesting process */
 		raidPtrs[unit]->proc = p;	/* Blah... :-p GO */
+		s = splbio();
 		retcode = rf_RewriteParity(raidPtrs[unit]);
+		splx(s);
 		/* return I/O Error if the parity rewrite fails */
 
 		if (retcode) {
@@ -1083,7 +1085,9 @@ raidioctl(dev, cmd, data, flag, p)
 			return (retcode);
 		}
 		break;
-
+	case RAIDFRAME_CHECK_PARITY:
+		*(int *) data = raidPtrs[unit]->parity_good;
+		return (0);
 	case RAIDFRAME_RESET_ACCTOTALS:
 		{
 			RF_Raid_t *raid = raidPtrs[unit];
diff --git a/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_raidframe.h b/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_raidframe.h
index 8cc0b13fbd32..aad567f07918 100644
--- a/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_raidframe.h
+++ b/sys/dev/raidframe/rf_raidframe.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: rf_raidframe.h,v 1.5 1999/03/02 03:18:48 oster Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: rf_raidframe.h,v 1.6 1999/08/10 18:18:30 oster Exp $	*/
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Carnegie-Mellon University.
  * All rights reserved.
@@ -139,5 +139,5 @@ typedef struct RF_DeviceConfig_s {
 #define RAIDFRAME_ADD_HOT_SPARE     _IOW ('r', 22, RF_SingleComponent_t)
 #define RAIDFRAME_REMOVE_HOT_SPARE  _IOW ('r', 23, RF_SingleComponent_t)
 #define RAIDFRAME_REBUILD_IN_PLACE  _IOW ('r', 24, RF_SingleComponent_t)
-
+#define RAIDFRAME_CHECK_PARITY      _IOWR ('r', 25, int)
 #endif				/* !_RF__RF_RAIDFRAME_H_ */