diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 01fcbe82587e..8dee4829e9f4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e5c86471f933608db5d43679f84cb4346c32033e
+refs/heads/master: 6dafab6b1383e912cd252fa809570b484eb6e0dc
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index 3f6203a4c7ea..308e87b417e0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7619,6 +7619,8 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(struct mddev *mddev)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (removed)
+		set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
 	return spares;
 }
 
@@ -7632,9 +7634,11 @@ static void reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev)
 	    !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_REQUESTED, &mddev->recovery)) {
 		/* success...*/
 		/* activate any spares */
-		if (mddev->pers->spare_active(mddev))
+		if (mddev->pers->spare_active(mddev)) {
 			sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL,
 				     "degraded");
+			set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
+		}
 	}
 	if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery) &&
 	    mddev->pers->finish_reshape)