1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 51c19f86ff99..7cf512a34ccf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static mddev_t * mddev_find(dev_t unit)
         atomic_set(&new->active, 1);
         spin_lock_init(&new->write_lock);
         init_waitqueue_head(&new->sb_wait);
+        init_waitqueue_head(&new->recovery_wait);
         new->reshape_position = MaxSector;
         new->resync_max = MaxSector;
         new->level = LEVEL_NONE;
@@ -5665,7 +5666,6 @@ void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
                 window/2,(unsigned long long) max_sectors/2);
 
         atomic_set(&mddev->recovery_active, 0);
-        init_waitqueue_head(&mddev->recovery_wait);
         last_check = 0;
 
         if (j>2) {