--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -636,6 +636,12 @@ static void __mddev_put(struct mddev *mddev)
 	    mddev->ctime || mddev->hold_active)
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * If array is freed by stopping array, MD_DELETED is set by
+	 * do_md_stop(), MD_DELETED is still set here in cause mddev is freed
+	 * directly by closing a mddev that is created by create_on_open.
+	 */
+	set_bit(MD_DELETED, &mddev->flags);
 	/*
 	 * Call queue_work inside the spinlock so that flush_workqueue() after
 	 * mddev_find will succeed in waiting for the work to be done.