diff --git a/Create.c b/Create.c
index 8f6e6e7..b04388f 100644
--- a/Create.c
+++ b/Create.c
@@ -789,8 +789,10 @@ int Create(struct supertype *st, char *mddev,
 				if (fd >= 0)
 					remove_partitions(fd);
 				if (st->ss->add_to_super(st, &inf->disk,
-							 fd, dv->devname))
+							 fd, dv->devname)) {
+					ioctl(mdfd, STOP_ARRAY, NULL);
 					goto abort;
+				}
 				st->ss->getinfo_super(st, inf);
 				safe_mode_delay = inf->safe_mode_delay;
 
@@ -894,7 +896,7 @@ int Create(struct supertype *st, char *mddev,
 			if (ioctl(mdfd, RUN_ARRAY, &param)) {
 				fprintf(stderr, Name ": RUN_ARRAY failed: %s\n",
 					strerror(errno));
-				Manage_runstop(mddev, mdfd, -1, 0);
+				ioctl(mdfd, STOP_ARRAY, NULL);
 				goto abort;
 			}
 		}
@@ -915,6 +917,10 @@ int Create(struct supertype *st, char *mddev,
 	return 0;
 
  abort:
+	map_lock(&map);
+	map_remove(&map, fd2devnum(mdfd));
+	map_unlock(&map);
+
 	if (mdfd >= 0)
 		close(mdfd);
 	return 1;
diff --git a/Manage.c b/Manage.c
index f848d8b..f6fb3ef 100644
--- a/Manage.c
+++ b/Manage.c
@@ -298,11 +298,9 @@ int Manage_runstop(char *devname, int fd, int runstop, int quiet)
 
 		if (quiet <= 0)
 			fprintf(stderr, Name ": stopped %s\n", devname);
-		if (devnum != NoMdDev) {
-			map_delete(&map, devnum);
-			map_write(map);
-			map_free(map);
-		}
+		map_lock(&map);
+		map_remove(&map, devnum);
+		map_unlock(&map);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mapfile.c b/mapfile.c
index d47fde1..0f12559 100644
--- a/mapfile.c
+++ b/mapfile.c
@@ -251,6 +251,16 @@ void map_delete(struct map_ent **mapp, int devnum)
 	}
 }
 
+void map_remove(struct map_ent **mapp, int devnum)
+{
+	if (devnum == NoMdDev)
+		return;
+
+	map_delete(mapp, devnum);
+	map_write(*mapp);
+	map_free(*mapp);
+}
+
 struct map_ent *map_by_uuid(struct map_ent **map, int uuid[4])
 {
 	struct map_ent *mp;
diff --git a/mdadm.h b/mdadm.h
index 0386129..1bf5ac0 100644
--- a/mdadm.h
+++ b/mdadm.h
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ struct map_ent {
 };
 extern int map_update(struct map_ent **mpp, int devnum, char *metadata,
 		      int uuid[4], char *path);
+extern void map_remove(struct map_ent **map, int devnum);
 extern struct map_ent *map_by_uuid(struct map_ent **map, int uuid[4]);
 extern struct map_ent *map_by_devnum(struct map_ent **map, int devnum);
 extern struct map_ent *map_by_name(struct map_ent **map, char *name);
diff --git a/super-intel.c b/super-intel.c
index 999b970..677396c 100644
--- a/super-intel.c
+++ b/super-intel.c
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ static int init_super_imsm_volume(struct supertype *st, mdu_array_info_t *info,
 	map->num_members = info->raid_disks;
 	for (i = 0; i < map->num_members; i++) {
 		/* initialized in add_to_super */
-		set_imsm_ord_tbl_ent(map, i, 0);
+		set_imsm_ord_tbl_ent(map, i, IMSM_ORD_REBUILD);
 	}
 	mpb->num_raid_devs++;
 
@@ -3113,6 +3113,7 @@ static int add_to_super_imsm_volume(struct supertype *st, mdu_disk_info_t *dk,
 	struct dl *dl;
 	struct imsm_dev *dev;
 	struct imsm_map *map;
+	int slot;
 
 	dev = get_imsm_dev(super, super->current_vol);
 	map = get_imsm_map(dev, 0);
@@ -3147,6 +3148,14 @@ static int add_to_super_imsm_volume(struct supertype *st, mdu_disk_info_t *dk,
 		dl->index = super->anchor->num_disks;
 		super->anchor->num_disks++;
 	}
+	/* Check the device has not already been added */
+	slot = get_imsm_disk_slot(map, dl->index);
+	if (slot >= 0 &&
+	    (get_imsm_ord_tbl_ent(dev, slot) & IMSM_ORD_REBUILD) == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, Name ": %s has been included in this array twice\n",
+			devname);
+		return 1;
+	}
 	set_imsm_ord_tbl_ent(map, dk->number, dl->index);
 	dl->disk.status = CONFIGURED_DISK;