Using a newer mdadm version just for re-adding a device

Hello.

Is it safe to mix mdadm versions in the following scenario?

openSUSE 12.1 comes with mdadm 3.2.2 (and kernel 3.1), which works fine
except that I am hit by the re-add bug:
I removed a partition (after "mdadm --manage --set-faulty ...") from a perfectly
working /dev/md1, but re-adding with "mdadm /dev/md1 -a ..." fails.
Reading the mailing list and the Changelog, I understand that
this is fixed in mdadm 3.2.5.
Hence, I compiled mdadm 3.2.5 from source.

Now my question is:
Can I safely use the resulting binary (renamed to mdadm325 to avoid confusion)
to re-add the device and then continue to use the 3.2.2 package from openSUSE?

Thanks for reading
Sven