diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 9798a9921a38382a016a7fd7b2f1677a0b8a06e3..e21a2feed826bde1e190dab5f0b755f8eecc48e9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2691,15 +2691,9 @@ slot_store(struct md_rdev *rdev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 			rdev->saved_raid_disk = -1;
 		clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 		clear_bit(Bitmap_sync, &rdev->flags);
-		err = rdev->mddev->pers->
-			hot_add_disk(rdev->mddev, rdev);
-		if (err) {
-			rdev->raid_disk = -1;
-			return err;
-		} else
-			sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state);
-		if (sysfs_link_rdev(rdev->mddev, rdev))
-			/* failure here is OK */;
+		remove_and_add_spares(rdev->mddev, rdev);
+		if (rdev->raid_disk == -1)
+			return -EBUSY;
 		/* don't wakeup anyone, leave that to userspace. */
 	} else {
 		if (slot >= rdev->mddev->raid_disks &&
@@ -6004,12 +5998,16 @@ static int hot_remove_disk(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev)
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
 		md_cluster_ops->metadata_update_start(mddev);
 
+	if (rdev->raid_disk < 0)
+		goto kick_rdev;
+
 	clear_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags);
 	remove_and_add_spares(mddev, rdev);
 
 	if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0)
 		goto busy;
 
+kick_rdev:
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
 		md_cluster_ops->remove_disk(mddev, rdev);
 
@@ -6024,6 +6022,7 @@ static int hot_remove_disk(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev)
 busy:
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
 		md_cluster_ops->metadata_update_cancel(mddev);
+
 	printk(KERN_WARNING "md: cannot remove active disk %s from %s ...\n",
 		bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), mdname(mddev));
 	return -EBUSY;
@@ -8018,10 +8017,12 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev,
 	if (removed && mddev->kobj.sd)
 		sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded");
 
-	if (this)
+	if (this && removed)
 		goto no_add;
 
 	rdev_for_each(rdev, mddev) {
+		if (this && this != rdev)
+			continue;
 		if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
 		    !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) &&
 		    !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))