diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index b83bce2beb66d0c68e26adc2ef55d3e97fdb007f..da94cbaa1a9ed1ea66435290b7ce246d0ef1e633 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -7672,7 +7672,7 @@ static int raid5_remove_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 static int raid5_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 {
 	struct r5conf *conf = mddev->private;
-	int err = -EEXIST;
+	int ret, err = -EEXIST;
 	int disk;
 	struct disk_info *p;
 	int first = 0;
@@ -7687,7 +7687,14 @@ static int raid5_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 		 * The array is in readonly mode if journal is missing, so no
 		 * write requests running. We should be safe
 		 */
-		log_init(conf, rdev, false);
+		ret = log_init(conf, rdev, false);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = r5l_start(conf->log);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (mddev->recovery_disabled == conf->recovery_disabled)