}
        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
        md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
-       sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+       sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
        return len;
 }
 
                        printk(KERN_WARNING
                               "md: cannot register extra attributes for %s\n",
                               mdname(mddev));
+               mddev->sysfs_action = sysfs_get_dirent(mddev->kobj.sd, "sync_action");
        } else if (mddev->ro == 2) /* auto-readonly not meaningful */
                mddev->ro = 0;
 
        mddev->changed = 1;
        md_new_event(mddev);
        sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_state);
-       sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+       if (mddev->sysfs_action)
+               sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
        sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "degraded");
        kobject_uevent(&disk_to_dev(mddev->gendisk)->kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE);
        return 0;
                        mddev->queue->merge_bvec_fn = NULL;
                        mddev->queue->unplug_fn = NULL;
                        mddev->queue->backing_dev_info.congested_fn = NULL;
-                       if (mddev->pers->sync_request)
+                       if (mddev->pers->sync_request) {
                                sysfs_remove_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_redundancy_group);
-
+                               if (mddev->sysfs_action)
+                                       sysfs_put(mddev->sysfs_action);
+                               mddev->sysfs_action = NULL;
+                       }
                        module_put(mddev->pers->owner);
                        mddev->pers = NULL;
                        /* tell userspace to handle 'inactive' */
                        mddev->recovery = 0;
                        /* flag recovery needed just to double check */
                        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
-                       sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+                       sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
                        md_new_event(mddev);
                        goto unlock;
                }
                                mddev->recovery = 0;
                        } else
                                md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread);
-                       sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+                       sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
                        md_new_event(mddev);
                }
        unlock:
                        clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
                        if (test_and_clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER,
                                               &mddev->recovery))
-                               sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_action");
+                               if (mddev->sysfs_action)
+                                       sysfs_notify_dirent(mddev->sysfs_action);
                }
                mddev_unlock(mddev);
        }