}
        
        set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
-       md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
        
        if (mddev->sb_dirty)
                md_update_sb(mddev);
         * start recovery here.  If we leave it to md_check_recovery,
         * it will remove the drives and not do the right thing
         */
-       if (mddev->degraded) {
+       if (mddev->degraded && !mddev->sync_thread) {
                struct list_head *rtmp;
                int spares = 0;
                ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,rtmp)
                                       mdname(mddev));
                                /* leave the spares where they are, it shouldn't hurt */
                                mddev->recovery = 0;
-                       } else
-                               md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread);
+                       }
                }
        }
+       md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+       md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread); /* possibly kick off a reshape */
 
        mddev->changed = 1;
        md_new_event(mddev);
 
                set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
                mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev,
                                                        "%s_reshape");
-               /* FIXME if md_register_thread fails?? */
-               md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread);
-
        }
 
        /* read-ahead size must cover two whole stripes, which is