diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8a6f67f55d3d..d39a72aec316 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2548,13 +2548,16 @@ state_store(struct md_rdev *rdev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 			err = -EBUSY;
 		else {
 			struct mddev *mddev = rdev->mddev;
-			if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
-				md_cluster_ops->remove_disk(mddev, rdev);
-			md_kick_rdev_from_array(rdev);
-			if (mddev->pers)
-				md_update_sb(mddev, 1);
-			md_new_event(mddev);
 			err = 0;
+			if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
+				err = md_cluster_ops->remove_disk(mddev, rdev);
+
+			if (err == 0) {
+				md_kick_rdev_from_array(rdev);
+				if (mddev->pers)
+					md_update_sb(mddev, 1);
+				md_new_event(mddev);
+			}
 		}
 	} else if (cmd_match(buf, "writemostly")) {
 		set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);