1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index bb2a23159b21..9db8ee0614a4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ static int linear_stop (mddev_t *mddev)
         rcu_barrier();
         blk_sync_queue(mddev->queue); /* the unplug fn references 'conf'*/
         kfree(conf);
+        mddev->private = NULL;
 
         return 0;
 }