diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 80f039ec3ac2..90147370bfd7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2604,15 +2604,6 @@ static void analyze_sbs(mddev_t * mddev)
 			clear_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
 		}
 	}
-
-
-
-	if (mddev->recovery_cp != MaxSector &&
-	    mddev->level >= 1)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "md: %s: raid array is not clean"
-		       " -- starting background reconstruction\n",
-		       mdname(mddev));
-
 }
 
 static void md_safemode_timeout(unsigned long data);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 12f8f34f17ae..89939a7aef57 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2052,6 +2052,10 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 		goto out_free_conf;
 	}
 
+	if (mddev->recovery_cp != MaxSector)
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "raid1: %s is not clean"
+		       " -- starting background reconstruction\n",
+		       mdname(mddev));
 	printk(KERN_INFO 
 		"raid1: raid set %s active with %d out of %d mirrors\n",
 		mdname(mddev), mddev->raid_disks - mddev->degraded, 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 30029a312cf5..ae12ceafe10c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -2186,6 +2186,10 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 		goto out_free_conf;
 	}
 
+	if (mddev->recovery_cp != MaxSector)
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "raid10: %s is not clean"
+		       " -- starting background reconstruction\n",
+		       mdname(mddev));
 	printk(KERN_INFO
 		"raid10: raid set %s active with %d out of %d devices\n",
 		mdname(mddev), mddev->raid_disks - mddev->degraded,
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 5ea2bdece278..8f2e3740a05a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4454,6 +4454,10 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	int working_disks = 0;
 	mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 
+	if (mddev->recovery_cp != MaxSector)
+		printk(KERN_NOTICE "raid5: %s is not clean"
+		       " -- starting background reconstruction\n",
+		       mdname(mddev));
 	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
 		/* Check that we can continue the reshape.
 		 * Currently only disks can change, it must