diff --git a/drivers/md/md-linear.c b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
index a382929ce7bab43d953efa3babc0df7f19e8d2cd..369aed044b409f14bb5a84b9158f1514c888f66f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
@@ -76,10 +76,8 @@ static int linear_set_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
 	lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
 	lim.io_min = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;
 	err = mddev_stack_rdev_limits(mddev, &lim, MDDEV_STACK_INTEGRITY);
-	if (err) {
-		queue_limits_cancel_update(mddev->gendisk->queue);
+	if (err)
 		return err;
-	}
 
 	return queue_limits_set(mddev->gendisk->queue, &lim);
 }