diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 119de17..4566b61 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5073,6 +5073,7 @@
 	mddev->changed = 0;
 	mddev->degraded = 0;
 	mddev->safemode = 0;
+	mddev->merge_check_needed = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.offset = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.default_offset = 0;
 	mddev->bitmap_info.chunksize = 0;