if (find_rdev_nr(mddev, rdev->desc_nr))
                        return -EBUSY;
        }
+       if (mddev->max_disks && rdev->desc_nr >= mddev->max_disks) {
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "md: %s: array is limited to %d devices\n",
+                      mdname(mddev), mddev->max_disks);
+               return -EBUSY;
+       }
        bdevname(rdev->bdev,b);
        while ( (s=strchr(b, '/')) != NULL)
                *s = '!';
 
        i = 0;
        rdev_for_each(rdev, tmp, mddev) {
+               if (rdev->desc_nr >= mddev->max_disks ||
+                   i > mddev->max_disks) {
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING
+                              "md: %s: %s: only %d devices permitted\n",
+                              mdname(mddev), bdevname(rdev->bdev, b),
+                              mddev->max_disks);
+                       kick_rdev_from_array(rdev);
+                       continue;
+               }
                if (rdev != freshest)
                        if (super_types[mddev->major_version].
                            validate_super(mddev, rdev)) {
         * noticed in interrupt contexts ...
         */
 
-       if (rdev->desc_nr == mddev->max_disks) {
-               printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: can not hot-add to full array!\n",
-                       mdname(mddev));
-               err = -EBUSY;
-               goto abort_unbind_export;
-       }
-
        rdev->raid_disk = -1;
 
        md_update_sb(mddev, 1);
        md_new_event(mddev);
        return 0;
 
-abort_unbind_export:
-       unbind_rdev_from_array(rdev);
-
 abort_export:
        export_rdev(rdev);
        return err;