1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index c2ff77ccec50..c7aae66c6f9b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3483,7 +3483,7 @@ static void md_safemode_timeout(unsigned long data)
         if (!atomic_read(&mddev->writes_pending)) {
                 mddev->safemode = 1;
                 if (mddev->external)
-                        sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "array_state");
+                        set_bit(MD_NOTIFY_ARRAY_STATE, &mddev->flags);
         }
         md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 }
@@ -5996,7 +5996,8 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(mddev_t *mddev)
         if (mddev->degraded) {
                 rdev_for_each(rdev, rtmp, mddev) {
                         if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
-                            !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
+                            !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
+                            !test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags))
                                 spares++;
                         if (rdev->raid_disk < 0
                             && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
@@ -6051,6 +6052,9 @@ void md_check_recovery(mddev_t *mddev)
         if (mddev->bitmap)
                 bitmap_daemon_work(mddev->bitmap);
 
+        if (test_and_clear_bit(MD_NOTIFY_ARRAY_STATE, &mddev->flags))
+                sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "array_state");
+
         if (mddev->ro)
                 return;