diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 62f214d43e15a3..9426976e0860d6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5874,7 +5874,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(md_stop_writes);
 static void mddev_detach(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	md_bitmap_wait_behind_writes(mddev);
-	if (mddev->pers && mddev->pers->quiesce) {
+	if (mddev->pers && mddev->pers->quiesce && !mddev->suspended) {
 		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 1);
 		mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 0);
 	}