diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index a7e69081187f..3cbf0ac2aaad 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static int raid1_spare_active(mddev_t *mddev)
 		    && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)
 		    && !test_and_set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
 			count++;
-			sysfs_notify_dirent(rdev->sysfs_state);
+			sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state);
 		}
 	}
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);