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:
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 83380b5..1db5de5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1197,10 +1197,6 @@
 	if (!conf->r1bio_pool)
 		goto out_no_mem;
 
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid1_unplug;
-
-	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid1_issue_flush;
-
 	ITERATE_RDEV(mddev, rdev, tmp) {
 		disk_idx = rdev->raid_disk;
 		if (disk_idx >= mddev->raid_disks
@@ -1282,6 +1278,9 @@
 	 */
 	mddev->array_size = mddev->size;
 
+	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid1_unplug;
+	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid1_issue_flush;
+
 	return 0;
 
 out_no_mem:
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index e9dc287..3c37be6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -1639,9 +1639,6 @@
 			mdname(mddev));
 		goto out_free_conf;
 	}
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid10_unplug;
-
-	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid10_issue_flush;
 
 	ITERATE_RDEV(mddev, rdev, tmp) {
 		disk_idx = rdev->raid_disk;
@@ -1713,6 +1710,9 @@
 	mddev->array_size = size/2;
 	mddev->resync_max_sectors = size;
 
+	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid10_unplug;
+	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid10_issue_flush;
+
 	/* Calculate max read-ahead size.
 	 * We need to readahead at least twice a whole stripe....
 	 * maybe...
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index e96e2a1..3cb11ac 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -1620,9 +1620,6 @@
 	atomic_set(&conf->active_stripes, 0);
 	atomic_set(&conf->preread_active_stripes, 0);
 
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid5_unplug_device;
-	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid5_issue_flush;
-
 	PRINTK("raid5: run(%s) called.\n", mdname(mddev));
 
 	ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
@@ -1728,6 +1725,10 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Ok, everything is just fine now */
+
+	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid5_unplug_device;
+	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid5_issue_flush;
+
 	mddev->array_size =  mddev->size * (mddev->raid_disks - 1);
 	return 0;
 abort:
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid6main.c b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
index 8a33f35..908edd7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid6main.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid6main.c
@@ -1779,9 +1779,6 @@
 	atomic_set(&conf->active_stripes, 0);
 	atomic_set(&conf->preread_active_stripes, 0);
 
-	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid6_unplug_device;
-	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid6_issue_flush;
-
 	PRINTK("raid6: run(%s) called.\n", mdname(mddev));
 
 	ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,tmp) {
@@ -1895,6 +1892,9 @@
 
 	/* Ok, everything is just fine now */
 	mddev->array_size =  mddev->size * (mddev->raid_disks - 2);
+
+	mddev->queue->unplug_fn = raid6_unplug_device;
+	mddev->queue->issue_flush_fn = raid6_issue_flush;
 	return 0;
 abort:
 	if (conf) {