@@ -790,6 +790,15 @@ static struct mddev *mddev_alloc(dev_t unit)
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
+static void mddev_free(struct mddev *mddev)
+{
+	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+	list_del(&mddev->all_mddevs);
+	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
+
+	kfree(mddev);
+}
+
 static const struct attribute_group md_redundancy_group;
 
 void mddev_unlock(struct mddev *mddev)

@@ -5662,8 +5671,8 @@ int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 	mutex_lock(&disks_mutex);
 	mddev = mddev_alloc(dev);
 	if (IS_ERR(mddev)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
-		return PTR_ERR(mddev);
+		error = PTR_ERR(mddev);
+		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	partitioned = (MAJOR(mddev->unit) != MD_MAJOR);

@@ -5681,7 +5690,7 @@ int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 			    strcmp(mddev2->gendisk->disk_name, name) == 0) {
 				spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 				error = -EEXIST;
-				goto out_unlock_disks_mutex;
+				goto out_free_mddev;
 			}
 		spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 	}

@@ -5694,7 +5703,7 @@ int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 	error = -ENOMEM;
 	disk = blk_alloc_disk(NUMA_NO_NODE);
 	if (!disk)
-		goto out_unlock_disks_mutex;
+		goto out_free_mddev;
 
 	disk->major = MAJOR(mddev->unit);
 	disk->first_minor = unit << shift;

@@ -5715,26 +5724,36 @@ int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 	mddev->gendisk = disk;
 	error = add_disk(disk);
 	if (error)
-		goto out_cleanup_disk;
+		goto out_put_disk;
 
 	kobject_init(&mddev->kobj, &md_ktype);
 	error = kobject_add(&mddev->kobj, &disk_to_dev(disk)->kobj, "%s", "md");
-	if (error)
-		goto out_del_gendisk;
+	if (error) {
+		/*
+		 * The disk is already live at this point.  Clear the hold flag
+		 * and let mddev_put take care of the deletion, as it isn't any
+		 * different from a normal close on last release now.
+		 */
+		mddev->hold_active = 0;
+		goto done;
+	}
 
 	kobject_uevent(&mddev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	mddev->sysfs_state = sysfs_get_dirent_safe(mddev->kobj.sd, "array_state");
 	mddev->sysfs_level = sysfs_get_dirent_safe(mddev->kobj.sd, "level");
-	goto out_unlock_disks_mutex;
 
-out_del_gendisk:
-	del_gendisk(disk);
-out_cleanup_disk:
-	blk_cleanup_disk(disk);
-out_unlock_disks_mutex:
+done:
 	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
 	mddev_put(mddev);
 	return error;
+
+out_put_disk:
+	put_disk(disk);
+out_free_mddev:
+	mddev_free(mddev);
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
+	return error;
 }
 
 static void md_probe(dev_t dev)