diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 41c476b40c7a..8128c8839a08 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -941,8 +941,10 @@ void mddev_unlock(struct mddev *mddev)
 		 * do_md_stop. dm raid only uses md_stop to stop. So dm raid
 		 * doesn't need to check MD_DELETED when getting reconfig lock
 		 */
-		if (test_bit(MD_DELETED, &mddev->flags))
+		if (test_bit(MD_DELETED, &mddev->flags)) {
+			kobject_del(&mddev->kobj);
 			del_gendisk(mddev->gendisk);
+		}
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mddev_unlock);