1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 5469ae35ee15..aa640a85bb21 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ resync_start_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
         char *e;
         unsigned long long n = simple_strtoull(buf, &e, 10);
 
-        if (mddev->pers)
+        if (mddev->pers && !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery))
                 return -EBUSY;
         if (cmd_match(buf, "none"))
                 n = MaxSector;