1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index d0c1e79da49e..0793754eeffd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2595,6 +2595,8 @@ state_store(struct md_rdev *rdev, const char *buf, size_t len)
                 else
                         err = -EBUSY;
         } else if (cmd_match(buf, "remove")) {
+                clear_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags);
+                remove_and_add_spares(rdev->mddev, rdev);
                 if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0)
                         err = -EBUSY;
                 else {