diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 805f2b4ed9c0d..08cf21ad4c2d7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_flush_request);
 
 static inline struct mddev *mddev_get(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
+	lockdep_assert_held(&all_mddevs_lock);
+
+	if (mddev->deleted)
+		return NULL;
 	atomic_inc(&mddev->active);
 	return mddev;
 }
@@ -639,7 +643,7 @@ static void mddev_put(struct mddev *mddev)
 	    mddev->ctime == 0 && !mddev->hold_active) {
 		/* Array is not configured at all, and not held active,
 		 * so destroy it */
-		list_del_init(&mddev->all_mddevs);
+		mddev->deleted = true;
 
 		/*
 		 * Call queue_work inside the spinlock so that
@@ -719,8 +723,8 @@ static struct mddev *mddev_find(dev_t unit)
 
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 	mddev = mddev_find_locked(unit);
-	if (mddev)
-		mddev_get(mddev);
+	if (mddev && !mddev_get(mddev))
+		mddev = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 
 	return mddev;
@@ -3338,6 +3342,8 @@ static bool md_rdev_overlaps(struct md_rdev *rdev)
 
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(mddev, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
+		if (mddev->deleted)
+			continue;
 		rdev_for_each(rdev2, mddev) {
 			if (rdev != rdev2 && rdev->bdev == rdev2->bdev &&
 			    md_rdevs_overlap(rdev, rdev2)) {
@@ -5525,11 +5531,10 @@ md_attr_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *page)
 	if (!entry->show)
 		return -EIO;
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-	if (list_empty(&mddev->all_mddevs)) {
+	if (!mddev_get(mddev)) {
 		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
-	mddev_get(mddev);
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 
 	rv = entry->show(mddev, page);
@@ -5550,11 +5555,10 @@ md_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-	if (list_empty(&mddev->all_mddevs)) {
+	if (!mddev_get(mddev)) {
 		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
-	mddev_get(mddev);
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 	rv = entry->store(mddev, page, length);
 	mddev_put(mddev);
@@ -7851,7 +7855,7 @@ static void md_free_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	bioset_exit(&mddev->bio_set);
 	bioset_exit(&mddev->sync_set);
 
-	kfree(mddev);
+	mddev_free(mddev);
 }
 
 const struct block_device_operations md_fops =
@@ -8173,6 +8177,8 @@ static void *md_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 		if (!l--) {
 			mddev = list_entry(tmp, struct mddev, all_mddevs);
 			mddev_get(mddev);
+			if (!mddev_get(mddev))
+				continue;
 			spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 			return mddev;
 		}
@@ -8186,25 +8192,35 @@ static void *md_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct list_head *tmp;
 	struct mddev *next_mddev, *mddev = v;
+	struct mddev *to_put = NULL;
 
 	++*pos;
 	if (v == (void*)2)
 		return NULL;
 
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
-	if (v == (void*)1)
+	if (v == (void*)1) {
 		tmp = all_mddevs.next;
-	else
+	} else {
+		to_put = mddev;
 		tmp = mddev->all_mddevs.next;
-	if (tmp != &all_mddevs)
-		next_mddev = mddev_get(list_entry(tmp,struct mddev,all_mddevs));
-	else {
-		next_mddev = (void*)2;
-		*pos = 0x10000;
 	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (tmp == &all_mddevs) {
+			next_mddev = (void*)2;
+			*pos = 0x10000;
+			break;
+		}
+		next_mddev = list_entry(tmp, struct mddev, all_mddevs);
+		if (mddev_get(next_mddev))
+			break;
+		mddev = next_mddev;
+		tmp = mddev->all_mddevs.next;
+	};
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 
-	if (v != (void*)1)
+	if (to_put)
 		mddev_put(mddev);
 	return next_mddev;
 
@@ -8768,6 +8784,8 @@ void md_do_sync(struct md_thread *thread)
 			goto skip;
 		spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(mddev2, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
+			if (mddev2->deleted)
+				continue;
 			if (mddev2 == mddev)
 				continue;
 			if (!mddev->parallel_resync
@@ -9570,7 +9588,8 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
 
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mddev, n, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
-		mddev_get(mddev);
+		if (!mddev_get(mddev))
+			continue;
 		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 		if (mddev_trylock(mddev)) {
 			if (mddev->pers)
@@ -9925,7 +9944,8 @@ static __exit void md_exit(void)
 
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mddev, n, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
-		mddev_get(mddev);
+		if (!mddev_get(mddev))
+			continue;
 		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 		export_array(mddev);
 		mddev->ctime = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 1a85dbe78a71c..bc870e1f1e8c2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ struct mddev {
 
 	atomic_t			max_corr_read_errors; /* max read retries */
 	struct list_head		all_mddevs;
+	bool				deleted;
 
 	const struct attribute_group	*to_remove;
 
