diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8cfadc5bd2ba54f858c8f28c8f17c5db40942891..4790c83d78d0cd52adbfb4d4c394eb9d7ec4c691 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3841,8 +3841,6 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int mode, int is_open)
 
 		del_timer_sync(&mddev->safemode_timer);
 
-		invalidate_partition(disk, 0);
-
 		switch(mode) {
 		case 1: /* readonly */
 			err  = -ENXIO;