1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8e221a20f5d9..1cd9bfb45e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2561,7 +2561,10 @@ state_store(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, const char *buf, size_t len)
         int err = -EINVAL;
         if (cmd_match(buf, "faulty") && rdev->mddev->pers) {
                 md_error(rdev->mddev, rdev);
-                err = 0;
+                if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
+                        err = 0;
+                else
+                        err = -EBUSY;
         } else if (cmd_match(buf, "remove")) {
                 if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0)
                         err = -EBUSY;
@@ -5983,6 +5986,8 @@ static int set_disk_faulty(mddev_t *mddev, dev_t dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
         md_error(mddev, rdev);
+        if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
+                return -EBUSY;
         return 0;
 }