diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 73cc74ffc26b..0e1abf1bb38e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1135,6 +1135,7 @@ static int raid1_spare_active(mddev_t *mddev)
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 			mddev->degraded--;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+			sysfs_notify_dirent(rdev->sysfs_state);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index a88aeb5198c7..76d1fc9c65ba 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@ static int raid10_spare_active(mddev_t *mddev)
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 			mddev->degraded--;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+			sysfs_notify_dirent(tmp->rdev->sysfs_state);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 866d4b5a144c..7865dd090bde 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -5341,6 +5341,7 @@ static int raid5_spare_active(mddev_t *mddev)
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&conf->device_lock, flags);
 			mddev->degraded--;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&conf->device_lock, flags);
+			sysfs_notify_dirent(tmp->rdev->sysfs_state);
 		}
 	}
 	print_raid5_conf(conf);