diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8d72b80f0302..fbdea0495672 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 87aa63000c484bfb9909989316f615240dfee018
+refs/heads/master: 1176568de7e066c0be9e46c37503b9fd4730edcf
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index 9712b2e97be4..cefd63daff31 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2109,12 +2109,18 @@ static void md_update_sb(mddev_t * mddev, int force_change)
 		if (!mddev->in_sync || mddev->recovery_cp != MaxSector) { /* not clean */
 			/* .. if the array isn't clean, an 'even' event must also go
 			 * to spares. */
-			if ((mddev->events&1)==0)
+			if ((mddev->events&1)==0) {
 				nospares = 0;
+				sync_req = 2; /* force a second update to get the
+					       * even/odd in sync */
+			}
 		} else {
 			/* otherwise an 'odd' event must go to spares */
-			if ((mddev->events&1))
+			if ((mddev->events&1)) {
 				nospares = 0;
+				sync_req = 2; /* force a second update to get the
+					       * even/odd in sync */
+			}
 		}
 	}