diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 80cb0120394f6f3fdab14161f092b764d7c13fc9..dee49543c2ca6a4997fe1100ac1e4072f923276b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -490,7 +490,6 @@ int mddev_suspend(struct mddev *mddev, bool interruptible)
 	 */
 	WRITE_ONCE(mddev->suspended, mddev->suspended + 1);
 
-	del_timer_sync(&mddev->safemode_timer);
 	/* restrict memory reclaim I/O during raid array is suspend */
 	mddev->noio_flag = memalloc_noio_save();