diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index edf777f6fe561644a7b6699596e5f7533c8c593e..e8d238885cd2eb66bcf68ffaf1c2cda256bdaa24 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -509,9 +509,9 @@ static inline int mddev_trylock(mddev_t * mddev)
 
 static struct attribute_group md_redundancy_group;
 
-static inline void mddev_unlock(mddev_t * mddev)
+static void mddev_unlock(mddev_t * mddev)
 {
-	if (mddev->pers == NULL && mddev->private) {
+	if (mddev->to_remove) {
 		/* These cannot be removed under reconfig_mutex as
 		 * an access to the files will try to take reconfig_mutex
 		 * while holding the file unremovable, which leads to
@@ -520,16 +520,20 @@ static inline void mddev_unlock(mddev_t * mddev)
 		 * it while holding reconfig_mutex, and md_run can
 		 * use it to wait for the remove to complete.
 		 */
+		struct attribute_group *to_remove = mddev->to_remove;
+		mddev->to_remove = NULL;
 		mutex_lock(&mddev->open_mutex);
 		mutex_unlock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
 
-		sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group);
-		if (mddev->private != (void*)1)
-			sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, mddev->private);
-		if (mddev->sysfs_action)
-			sysfs_put(mddev->sysfs_action);
-		mddev->sysfs_action = NULL;
-		mddev->private = NULL;
+		if (to_remove != &md_redundancy_group)
+			sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, to_remove);
+		if (mddev->pers == NULL ||
+		    mddev->pers->sync_request == NULL) {
+			sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group);
+			if (mddev->sysfs_action)
+				sysfs_put(mddev->sysfs_action);
+			mddev->sysfs_action = NULL;
+		}
 		mutex_unlock(&mddev->open_mutex);
 	} else
 		mutex_unlock(&mddev->reconfig_mutex);
@@ -2996,6 +3000,23 @@ level_store(mddev_t *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	/* Looks like we have a winner */
 	mddev_suspend(mddev);
 	mddev->pers->stop(mddev);
+	
+	if (mddev->pers->sync_request == NULL &&
+	    pers->sync_request != NULL) {
+		/* need to add the md_redundancy_group */
+		if (sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group))
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "md: cannot register extra attributes for %s\n",
+			       mdname(mddev));
+		mddev->sysfs_action = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, "sync_action");
+	}		
+	if (mddev->pers->sync_request != NULL &&
+	    pers->sync_request == NULL) {
+		/* need to remove the md_redundancy_group */
+		if (mddev->to_remove == NULL)
+			mddev->to_remove = &md_redundancy_group;
+	}
+
 	module_put(mddev->pers->owner);
 	/* Invalidate devices that are now superfluous */
 	list_for_each_entry(rdev, &mddev->disks, same_set)
@@ -4550,8 +4571,8 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int mode, int is_open)
 			mddev->queue->unplug_fn = NULL;
 			mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = NULL;
 			module_put(mddev->pers->owner);
-			if (mddev->pers->sync_request && mddev->private == NULL)
-				mddev->private = (void*)1;
+			if (mddev->pers->sync_request && mddev->to_remove == NULL)
+				mddev->to_remove = &md_redundancy_group;
 			mddev->pers = NULL;
 			/* tell userspace to handle 'inactive' */
 			sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_state);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 8e4c75c00d4628f76ca32e0aaab243e3aea70d4c..722f5dfe1953ec5a22f1b705bd06d2d24629bf43 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ struct mddev_s
 	atomic_t 			max_corr_read_errors; /* max read retries */
 	struct list_head		all_mddevs;
 
+	struct attribute_group		*to_remove;
 	/* Generic barrier handling.
 	 * If there is a pending barrier request, all other
 	 * writes are blocked while the devices are flushed.
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 70ffbd071b2e797be6f715dd40de19a93c6567d3..a361398875d0f09adce0bac4c3dedad13e233ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5090,7 +5090,9 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	}
 
 	/* Ok, everything is just fine now */
-	if (sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &raid5_attrs_group))
+	if (mddev->to_remove == &raid5_attrs_group)
+		mddev->to_remove = NULL;
+	else if (sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &raid5_attrs_group))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING
 		       "raid5: failed to create sysfs attributes for %s\n",
 		       mdname(mddev));
@@ -5137,7 +5139,8 @@ static int stop(mddev_t *mddev)
 	mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = NULL;
 	blk_sync_queue(mddev->queue); /* the unplug fn references 'conf'*/
 	free_conf(conf);
-	mddev->private = &raid5_attrs_group;
+	mddev->private = NULL;
+	mddev->to_remove = &raid5_attrs_group;
 	return 0;
 }