diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index f86082ee62a6..a1add598de19 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4108,7 +4108,7 @@ array_state_show(struct mddev *mddev, char *page)
 {
 	enum array_state st = inactive;
 
-	if (mddev->pers)
+	if (mddev->pers && !test_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags))
 		switch(mddev->ro) {
 		case 1:
 			st = readonly;
@@ -5669,9 +5669,6 @@ int md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 		md_update_sb(mddev, 0);
 
 	md_new_event(mddev);
-	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_state);
-	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_action);
-	sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded");
 	return 0;
 
 abort:
@@ -5692,6 +5689,7 @@ static int do_md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	set_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags);
 	err = md_run(mddev);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
@@ -5709,9 +5707,14 @@ static int do_md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 
 	set_capacity(mddev->gendisk, mddev->array_sectors);
 	revalidate_disk(mddev->gendisk);
+	clear_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags);
 	mddev->changed = 1;
 	kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(mddev->gendisk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
+	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_state);
+	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(mddev->sysfs_action);
+	sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded");
 out:
+	clear_bit(MD_NOT_READY, &mddev->flags);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 11696aba94e3..69bc0d5550cd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ enum mddev_flags {
 	MD_UPDATING_SB,		/* md_check_recovery is updating the metadata
 				 * without explicitly holding reconfig_mutex.
 				 */
+	MD_NOT_READY,		/* do_md_run() is active, so 'array_state'
+				 * must not report that array is ready yet
+				 */
 };
 
 enum mddev_sb_flags {