diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 27506302eb7aa42557bfc01547274957ccbace50..4dbed4a67aaf40e3c04bde925870c24d13cd1b4e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3834,7 +3834,7 @@ array_state_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 				err = -EBUSY;
 		}
 		spin_unlock(&mddev->lock);
-		return err;
+		return err ?: len;
 	}
 	err = mddev_lock(mddev);
 	if (err)
@@ -4217,13 +4217,14 @@ action_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *page, size_t len)
 			set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
 		else
 			clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &mddev->recovery);
-		flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
-		if (mddev->sync_thread) {
-			set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
-			if (mddev_lock(mddev) == 0) {
+		if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery) &&
+		    mddev_lock(mddev) == 0) {
+			flush_workqueue(md_misc_wq);
+			if (mddev->sync_thread) {
+				set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
 				md_reap_sync_thread(mddev);
-				mddev_unlock(mddev);
 			}
+			mddev_unlock(mddev);
 		}
 	} else if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery) ||
 		   test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery))
@@ -8261,6 +8262,7 @@ void md_reap_sync_thread(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
 		md_cluster_ops->metadata_update_finish(mddev);
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
+	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery);
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery);
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_REQUESTED, &mddev->recovery);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index e793ab6b35705e0ed1ad6904ebe9353b6dbf6fd6..f55c3f35b7463141086afb727785c775c5185d76 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -4156,6 +4156,7 @@ static int raid10_start_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery);
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery);
+	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery);
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 553d54b870528f0917e7518a9a783a28636d884a..b6793d2e051f3b278405f236e6623980bcdf1d04 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -7354,6 +7354,7 @@ static int raid5_start_reshape(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery);
 	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery);
+	clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_DONE, &mddev->recovery);
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
 	mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev,