diff --git a/managemon.c b/managemon.c
index 9cb8049..269d06e 100644
--- a/managemon.c
+++ b/managemon.c
@@ -448,6 +448,18 @@ static void manage_member(struct mdstat_ent *mdstat,
 	else
 		frozen = 1; /* can't read metadata_version assume the worst */
 
+	if (mdstat->level) {
+		int level = map_name(pers, mdstat->level);
+		if (a->info.array.level != level && level >= 0) {
+			struct active_array *newa = duplicate_aa(a);
+			if (newa) {
+				newa->info.array.level = level;
+				replace_array(a->container, a, newa);
+				a = newa;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (a->check_degraded && !frozen) {
 		struct metadata_update *updates = NULL;
 		struct mdinfo *newdev = NULL;
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 3962d9e..4efe5da 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int wait_and_act(struct supertype *container, int nowait)
 		/* once an array has been deactivated we want to
 		 * ask the manager to discard it.
 		 */
-		if (!a->container) {
+		if (!a->container || (a->info.array.level == 0)) {
 			if (discard_this) {
 				ap = &(*ap)->next;
 				continue;