1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 9007651ce175..d636b0a40fac 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6753,7 +6753,8 @@ void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
                                    atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active) == 0);
                         mddev->curr_resync_completed =
                                 mddev->curr_resync;
-                        set_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags);
+                        if (mddev->persistent)
+                                set_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags);
                         sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_completed");
                 }