diff --git a/agent/mdraid_linux.go b/agent/mdraid_linux.go
index 7e827470..f891f425 100644
--- a/agent/mdraid_linux.go
+++ b/agent/mdraid_linux.go
@@ -170,11 +170,18 @@ func mdraidSmartStatus(health mdraidHealth) string {
 	case "inactive", "faulty", "broken", "stopped":
 		return "FAILED"
 	}
+	// During rebuild/recovery, arrays are often temporarily degraded; report as
+	// warning instead of hard failure while synchronization is in progress.
+	syncAction := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(health.syncAction))
+	switch syncAction {
+	case "resync", "recover", "reshape":
+		return "WARNING"
+	}
 	if health.degraded > 0 {
 		return "FAILED"
 	}
-	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(health.syncAction)) {
-	case "resync", "recover", "reshape", "check", "repair":
+	switch syncAction {
+	case "check", "repair":
 		return "WARNING"
 	}
 	switch state {
diff --git a/agent/mdraid_linux_test.go b/agent/mdraid_linux_test.go
index fcb50d6c..28430a58 100644
--- a/agent/mdraid_linux_test.go
+++ b/agent/mdraid_linux_test.go
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ func TestMdraidSmartStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := mdraidSmartStatus(mdraidHealth{arrayState: "inactive"}); got != "FAILED" {
 		t.Fatalf("mdraidSmartStatus(inactive) = %q, want FAILED", got)
 	}
+	if got := mdraidSmartStatus(mdraidHealth{arrayState: "active", degraded: 1, syncAction: "recover"}); got != "WARNING" {
+		t.Fatalf("mdraidSmartStatus(degraded+recover) = %q, want WARNING", got)
+	}
 	if got := mdraidSmartStatus(mdraidHealth{arrayState: "active", degraded: 1}); got != "FAILED" {
 		t.Fatalf("mdraidSmartStatus(degraded) = %q, want FAILED", got)
 	}