diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 03433c88fb54..dda272e87a1b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4404,7 +4404,7 @@ raid_disks_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	err = mddev_lock(mddev);
+	err = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (mddev->pers)
@@ -4429,7 +4429,7 @@ raid_disks_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	} else
 		mddev->raid_disks = n;
 out_unlock:
-	mddev_unlock(mddev);
+	mddev_unlock_and_resume(mddev);
 	return err ? err : len;
 }
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_raid_disks =