diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index c702de18207ae76ab56f1235ed5c98a9095ed050..3fe3d04a968ad1ae5e148abbc93cde43be576104 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8040,8 +8040,7 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev,
 		       !test_bit(Bitmap_sync, &rdev->flags)))
 			continue;
 
-		if (rdev->saved_raid_disk < 0)
-			rdev->recovery_offset = 0;
+		rdev->recovery_offset = 0;
 		if (mddev->pers->
 		    hot_add_disk(mddev, rdev) == 0) {
 			if (sysfs_link_rdev(mddev, rdev))