diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index c99634612fc408fbc97df9c7c8ef8e028efe2fad..d84aceede1cbcc9706b339e996462f5cadddb7b8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -8656,6 +8656,9 @@ void md_check_recovery(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (mddev_trylock(mddev)) {
 		int spares = 0;
 
+		if (mddev->safemode == 1)
+			mddev->safemode = 0;
+
 		if (mddev->ro) {
 			struct md_rdev *rdev;
 			if (!mddev->external && mddev->in_sync)