diff --git a/drivers/md/md-linear.c b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
index 6e7797b4e7381..4eb72b9dd9336 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ static bool linear_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 		     bio_sector < start_sector))
 		goto out_of_bounds;
 
-	if (unlikely(is_mddev_broken(tmp_dev->rdev, "linear"))) {
+	if (unlikely(is_rdev_broken(tmp_dev->rdev))) {
+		md_error(mddev, tmp_dev->rdev);
 		bio_io_error(bio);
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -270,6 +271,16 @@ static void linear_status (struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)
 	seq_printf(seq, " %dk rounding", mddev->chunk_sectors / 2);
 }
 
+static void linear_error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(MD_BROKEN, &mddev->flags)) {
+		char *md_name = mdname(mddev);
+
+		pr_crit("md/linear%s: Disk failure on %pg detected, failing array.\n",
+			md_name, rdev->bdev);
+	}
+}
+
 static void linear_quiesce(struct mddev *mddev, int state)
 {
 }
@@ -286,6 +297,7 @@ static struct md_personality linear_personality =
 	.hot_add_disk	= linear_add,
 	.size		= linear_size,
 	.quiesce	= linear_quiesce,
+	.error_handler	= linear_error,
 };
 
 static int __init linear_init (void)
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 443837fe6291e..b65d8bf54924b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7992,6 +7992,9 @@ void md_error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 		return;
 	mddev->pers->error_handler(mddev, rdev);
 
+	if (mddev->pers->level == 0 || mddev->pers->level == LEVEL_LINEAR)
+		return;
+
 	if (mddev->degraded && !test_bit(MD_BROKEN, &mddev->flags))
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RECOVER, &mddev->recovery);
 	sysfs_notify_dirent_safe(rdev->sysfs_state);
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 64f8182a3dfc6..4f0b480974552 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -790,15 +790,9 @@ extern void mddev_destroy_serial_pool(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev,
 struct md_rdev *md_find_rdev_nr_rcu(struct mddev *mddev, int nr);
 struct md_rdev *md_find_rdev_rcu(struct mddev *mddev, dev_t dev);
 
-static inline bool is_mddev_broken(struct md_rdev *rdev, const char *md_type)
+static inline bool is_rdev_broken(struct md_rdev *rdev)
 {
-	if (!disk_live(rdev->bdev->bd_disk)) {
-		if (!test_and_set_bit(MD_BROKEN, &rdev->mddev->flags))
-			pr_warn("md: %s: %s array has a missing/failed member\n",
-				mdname(rdev->mddev), md_type);
-		return true;
-	}
-	return false;
+	return !disk_live(rdev->bdev->bd_disk);
 }
 
 static inline void rdev_dec_pending(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index 0f7c3b3c62b25..d1ac73fcd8529 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@ static bool raid0_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(is_mddev_broken(tmp_dev, "raid0"))) {
+	if (unlikely(is_rdev_broken(tmp_dev))) {
 		bio_io_error(bio);
+		md_error(mddev, tmp_dev);
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -638,6 +639,16 @@ static void raid0_status(struct seq_file *seq, struct mddev *mddev)
 	return;
 }
 
+static void raid0_error(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(MD_BROKEN, &mddev->flags)) {
+		char *md_name = mdname(mddev);
+
+		pr_crit("md/raid0%s: Disk failure on %pg detected, failing array.\n",
+			md_name, rdev->bdev);
+	}
+}
+
 static void *raid0_takeover_raid45(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
 	struct md_rdev *rdev;
@@ -813,6 +824,7 @@ static struct md_personality raid0_personality=
 	.size		= raid0_size,
 	.takeover	= raid0_takeover,
 	.quiesce	= raid0_quiesce,
+	.error_handler	= raid0_error,
 };
 
 static int __init raid0_init (void)