diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 54c8677f1e59942d6912e197788ab0890802ffc8..5fe39c2a3d2b61b81e0b9a814dee6f636a16f5f3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ static int linear_add(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 	rcu_assign_pointer(mddev->private, newconf);
 	md_set_array_sectors(mddev, linear_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
+	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 	call_rcu(&oldconf->rcu, free_conf);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 52c988b072d0d879bc7e612c6ac1a8b8e5439b8c..5b98bea4ff9b36ccd132398dd9f8cc5e5568b8f4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3741,17 +3741,8 @@ array_size_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 
 	mddev->array_sectors = sectors;
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
-	if (mddev->pers) {
-		struct block_device *bdev = bdget_disk(mddev->gendisk, 0);
-
-		if (bdev) {
-			mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-			i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode,
-				     (loff_t)mddev->array_sectors << 9);
-			mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-			bdput(bdev);
-		}
-	}
+	if (mddev->pers)
+		revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 
 	return len;
 }
@@ -4241,6 +4232,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
 	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread); /* possibly kick off a reshape */
 
+	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 	mddev->changed = 1;
 	md_new_event(mddev);
 	sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_state);
@@ -5139,18 +5131,8 @@ static int update_size(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t num_sectors)
 			return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 	rv = mddev->pers->resize(mddev, num_sectors);
-	if (!rv) {
-		struct block_device *bdev;
-
-		bdev = bdget_disk(mddev->gendisk, 0);
-		if (bdev) {
-			mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-			i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode,
-				     (loff_t)mddev->array_sectors << 9);
-			mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-			bdput(bdev);
-		}
-	}
+	if (!rv)
+		revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 	return rv;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 67e794d0097f525aafeddc20a19f9adfc430bcf0..8726fd7ebce5d7bebfb48012db4785fe4b612c56 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2134,6 +2134,7 @@ static int raid1_resize(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sectors)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	mddev->changed = 1;
+	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors &&
 	    mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
 		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 2dc35b4c20ac5d3d58d3bc79472acfdd82a4cae7..2b521ee67dfa0c86923ff2c0e1ba2790977cc63a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4858,6 +4858,7 @@ static int raid5_resize(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sectors)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	mddev->changed = 1;
+	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 	if (sectors > mddev->dev_sectors && mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector) {
 		mddev->recovery_cp = mddev->dev_sectors;
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
@@ -5058,7 +5059,6 @@ static void end_reshape(raid5_conf_t *conf)
  */
 static void raid5_finish_reshape(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
-	struct block_device *bdev;
 	raid5_conf_t *conf = mddev->private;
 
 	if (!test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery)) {
@@ -5067,15 +5067,7 @@ static void raid5_finish_reshape(mddev_t *mddev)
 			md_set_array_sectors(mddev, raid5_size(mddev, 0, 0));
 			set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 			mddev->changed = 1;
-
-			bdev = bdget_disk(mddev->gendisk, 0);
-			if (bdev) {
-				mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-				i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode,
-					     (loff_t)mddev->array_sectors << 9);
-				mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_inode->i_mutex);
-				bdput(bdev);
-			}
+			revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
 		} else {
 			int d;
 			mddev->degraded = conf->raid_disks;