1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index f5cbb9d2371a..41e2509bf896 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1500,6 +1500,9 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(mdk_rdev_t * rdev, mddev_t * mddev)
 
         list_add_rcu(&rdev->same_set, &mddev->disks);
         bd_claim_by_disk(rdev->bdev, rdev->bdev->bd_holder, mddev->gendisk);
+
+        /* May as well allow recovery to be retried once */
+        mddev->recovery_disabled = 0;
         return 0;
 
  fail:
@@ -6175,7 +6178,7 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(mddev_t *mddev)
                         }
                 }
 
-        if (mddev->degraded && ! mddev->ro) {
+        if (mddev->degraded && ! mddev->ro && !mddev->recovery_disabled) {
                 list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set) {
                         if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
                             !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&