1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index ad576ad2ca76..71d46eb2c438 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2911,7 +2911,7 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int ro)
                 if (disk)
                         set_capacity(disk, 0);
                 mddev->changed = 1;
-        } else
+        } else if (mddev->pers)
                 printk(KERN_INFO "md: %s switched to read-only mode.\n",
                         mdname(mddev));
         err = 0;