diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b2d8813ed716a434499326abc31c891715859f8b..292dad31d5e508f992650effa60306bd29e0c99f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1807,10 +1807,19 @@ md_mismatches = __ATTR_RO(mismatch_cnt);
 static struct attribute *md_default_attrs[] = {
 	&md_level.attr,
 	&md_raid_disks.attr,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static struct attribute *md_redundancy_attrs[] = {
 	&md_scan_mode.attr,
 	&md_mismatches.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
+static struct attribute_group md_redundancy_group = {
+	.name = NULL,
+	.attrs = md_redundancy_attrs,
+};
+
 
 static ssize_t
 md_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *page)
@@ -2047,6 +2056,8 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
 		bitmap_destroy(mddev);
 		return err;
 	}
+	if (mddev->pers->sync_request)
+		sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group);
  	atomic_set(&mddev->writes_pending,0);
 	mddev->safemode = 0;
 	mddev->safemode_timer.function = md_safemode_timeout;
@@ -2155,6 +2166,9 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int ro)
 				set_disk_ro(disk, 0);
 			blk_queue_make_request(mddev->queue, md_fail_request);
 			mddev->pers->stop(mddev);
+			if (mddev->pers->sync_request)
+				sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group);
+
 			module_put(mddev->pers->owner);
 			mddev->pers = NULL;
 			if (mddev->ro)