1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 3f6203a4c7ea..308e87b417e0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7619,6 +7619,8 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev)
                         }
                 }
         }
+        if (removed)
+                set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
         return spares;
 }
 
@@ -7632,9 +7634,11 @@ static void reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev)
             !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_REQUESTED, &mddev->recovery)) {
                 /* success...*/
                 /* activate any spares */
-                if (mddev->pers->spare_active(mddev))
+                if (mddev->pers->spare_active(mddev)) {
                         sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL,
                                      "degraded");
+                        set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
+                }
         }
         if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery) &&
             mddev->pers->finish_reshape)