diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 2b2267be5c329e9ba11a71bca1dfe6897c69109b..5671160ad39821453993af12388ff75734af0c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6500,7 +6500,7 @@ static void autorun_devices(int part)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		md_probe(dev);
+		md_alloc(dev, NULL);
 		mddev = mddev_find(dev);
 		if (!mddev)
 			break;