diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 07453bf067c2..b2cfd054f801 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: df66b8552be5fdab5c4b4d53ee08b99388b9bd02
+refs/heads/master: 7870db4c7fa1b03fec133c4f4e67fdaa04c5ac15
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index 50ab4a936e30..d11135604403 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3200,6 +3200,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
 
 	mddev->changed = 1;
 	md_new_event(mddev);
+	kobject_uevent(&mddev->gendisk->kobj, KOBJ_ONLINE);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3313,6 +3314,7 @@ static int do_md_stop(mddev_t * mddev, int mode)
 
 			module_put(mddev->pers->owner);
 			mddev->pers = NULL;
+			kobject_uevent(&mddev->gendisk->kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);
 			if (mddev->ro)
 				mddev->ro = 0;
 		}