diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index 4e4bfde..2ae2d70 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -462,10 +462,6 @@
 	}
 	memset(conf->multipaths, 0, sizeof(struct multipath_info)*mddev->raid_disks);
 
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = multipath_unplug;
-
-	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = multipath_issue_flush;
-
 	conf->working_disks = 0;
 	ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
 		disk_idx = rdev->raid_disk;
@@ -528,6 +524,10 @@
 	 * Ok, everything is just fine now
 	 */
 	mddev->array_size = mddev->size;
+
+	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = multipath_unplug;
+	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = multipath_issue_flush;
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_free_conf: