diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 09c7f52156f3..67ceab4573be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2532,6 +2532,7 @@ static int bind_rdev_to_array(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev)
  fail:
 	pr_warn("md: failed to register dev-%s for %s\n",
 		b, mdname(mddev));
+	mddev_destroy_serial_pool(mddev, rdev, false);
 	return err;
 }