diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ff628b4df49d..2fa04160c1d4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0ca69886a8273ac1350143d562280bfcbe4760dc
+refs/heads/master: 43c73ca43b3e03bb228ff9350b6b44d0e560f262
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c b/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 316fbe79389a..9212c077095c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5338,7 +5338,7 @@ static int raid5_spare_active(mddev_t *mddev)
 		    && !test_bit(Faulty, &tmp->rdev->flags)
 		    && !test_and_set_bit(In_sync, &tmp->rdev->flags)) {
 			count++;
-			sysfs_notify_dirent(tmp->rdev->sysfs_state);
+			sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(tmp->rdev->sysfs_state);
 		}
 	}
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);