diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index ec80291..f19b874 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ void md_new_event(mddev_t *mddev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_new_event);
 
+/* Alternate version that can be called from interrupts
+ * when calling sysfs_notify isn't needed.
+ */
+void md_new_event_inintr(mddev_t *mddev)
+{
+	atomic_inc(&md_event_count);
+	wake_up(&md_event_waiters);
+}
+
 /*
  * Enables to iterate over all existing md arrays
  * all_mddevs_lock protects this list.
@@ -4149,7 +4158,7 @@ void md_error(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
 	md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
-	md_new_event(mddev);
+	md_new_event_inintr(mddev);
 }
 
 /* seq_file implementation /proc/mdstat */