diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index c601c4be77c71..a4c219e3c8596 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5784,8 +5784,7 @@ static int add_new_disk(struct mddev * mddev, mdu_disk_info_t *info)
 			super_types[mddev->major_version].
 				validate_super(mddev, rdev);
 		if ((info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC)) &&
-		    (!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags) ||
-		     rdev->raid_disk != info->raid_disk)) {
+		     rdev->raid_disk != info->raid_disk) {
 			/* This was a hot-add request, but events doesn't
 			 * match, so reject it.
 			 */