diff --git a/managemon.c b/managemon.c
index 29b91ba..200cf83 100644
--- a/managemon.c
+++ b/managemon.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ static void manage_new(struct mdstat_ent *mdstat,
 	mdi = sysfs_read(-1, mdstat->devnm,
 			 GET_LEVEL|GET_CHUNK|GET_DISKS|GET_COMPONENT|
 			 GET_SAFEMODE|GET_DEVS|GET_OFFSET|GET_SIZE|GET_STATE|
-			 GET_LAYOUT);
+			 GET_LAYOUT|GET_DEVS_ALL);
 
 	if (!mdi)
 		return;
diff --git a/mdadm.h b/mdadm.h
index 705bd9b..427cc52 100644
--- a/mdadm.h
+++ b/mdadm.h
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ enum sysfs_read_flags {
 	GET_ERROR	= (1 << 24),
 	GET_ARRAY_STATE = (1 << 25),
 	GET_CONSISTENCY_POLICY	= (1 << 26),
+	GET_DEVS_ALL	= (1 << 27),
 };
 
 /* If fd >= 0, get the array it is open on,
diff --git a/super-intel.c b/super-intel.c
index 2ba045a..4fd5e84 100644
--- a/super-intel.c
+++ b/super-intel.c
@@ -8560,7 +8560,7 @@ static void imsm_set_disk(struct active_array *a, int n, int state)
 	disk = get_imsm_disk(super, ord_to_idx(ord));
 
 	/* check for new failures */
-	if (state & DS_FAULTY) {
+	if (disk && (state & DS_FAULTY)) {
 		if (mark_failure(super, dev, disk, ord_to_idx(ord)))
 			super->updates_pending++;
 	}
diff --git a/sysfs.c b/sysfs.c
index df6fdda..2dd9ab6 100644
--- a/sysfs.c
+++ b/sysfs.c
@@ -313,17 +313,22 @@ struct mdinfo *sysfs_read(int fd, char *devnm, unsigned long options)
 			/* assume this is a stale reference to a hot
 			 * removed device
 			 */
-			free(dev);
-			continue;
+			if (!(options & GET_DEVS_ALL)) {
+				free(dev);
+				continue;
+			}
+		} else {
+			sscanf(buf, "%d:%d", &dev->disk.major, &dev->disk.minor);
 		}
-		sscanf(buf, "%d:%d", &dev->disk.major, &dev->disk.minor);
 
-		/* special case check for block devices that can go 'offline' */
-		strcpy(dbase, "block/device/state");
-		if (load_sys(fname, buf, sizeof(buf)) == 0 &&
-		    strncmp(buf, "offline", 7) == 0) {
-			free(dev);
-			continue;
+		if (!(options & GET_DEVS_ALL)) {
+			/* special case check for block devices that can go 'offline' */
+			strcpy(dbase, "block/device/state");
+			if (load_sys(fname, buf, sizeof(buf)) == 0 &&
+			    strncmp(buf, "offline", 7) == 0) {
+				free(dev);
+				continue;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/* finally add this disk to the array */