diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index e0930bb..7b45b5e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1587,8 +1587,8 @@
 					     sector, count, 1) == 0)
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}
-	} else if (sb->bblog_offset == 0)
-		rdev->badblocks.shift = -1;
+	} else if (sb->bblog_offset != 0)
+		rdev->badblocks.shift = 0;
 
 	if (!refdev) {
 		ret = 1;
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@
 	 * be used - I wonder if that matters
 	 */
 	rdev->badblocks.count = 0;
-	rdev->badblocks.shift = 0;
+	rdev->badblocks.shift = -1; /* disabled until explicitly enabled */
 	rdev->badblocks.page = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
 	seqlock_init(&rdev->badblocks.lock);
 	if (rdev->badblocks.page == NULL)
@@ -3179,9 +3179,6 @@
 			goto abort_free;
 		}
 	}
-	if (super_format == -1)
-		/* hot-add for 0.90, or non-persistent: so no badblocks */
-		rdev->badblocks.shift = -1;
 
 	return rdev;