diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 081b6ec2da52..10cb4dfbf4ae 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5189,18 +5189,13 @@ suspend_lo_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 	err = mddev_lock(mddev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
-	err = -EINVAL;
-	if (mddev->pers == NULL ||
-	    mddev->pers->quiesce == NULL)
-		goto unlock;
+
 	mddev_suspend(mddev);
 	mddev->suspend_lo = new;
 	mddev_resume(mddev);
 
-	err = 0;
-unlock:
 	mddev_unlock(mddev);
-	return err ?: len;
+	return len;
 }
 static struct md_sysfs_entry md_suspend_lo =
 __ATTR(suspend_lo, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR, suspend_lo_show, suspend_lo_store);