diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 25d454285ee8b51db48805c06370b50f1bf0eefe..459f1899f383161fd2466cb29e165d178450d46d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2478,8 +2478,7 @@ static int add_bound_rdev(struct md_rdev *rdev)
 		if (add_journal)
 			mddev_resume(mddev);
 		if (err) {
-			unbind_rdev_from_array(rdev);
-			export_rdev(rdev);
+			md_kick_rdev_from_array(rdev);
 			return err;
 		}
 	}