diff --git a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
index 6f9ff14971f9..f38c7f3156cb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-bitmap.c
@@ -2352,10 +2352,6 @@ location_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	if (rv)
 		return rv;
 	if (mddev->pers) {
-		if (!mddev->pers->quiesce) {
-			rv = -EBUSY;
-			goto out;
-		}
 		if (mddev->recovery || mddev->sync_thread) {
 			rv = -EBUSY;
 			goto out;