diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cd9575d7cee0..04e7e8b45e6d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: edbb79df6731bb1e99c15f5a519a864d488f4808
+refs/heads/master: 84e923453e19d6427c6aa884d9561f01e1425d09
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 2d25f3aebd4e..09d360ff77dc 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ static int bitmap_new_disk_sb(struct bitmap *bitmap)
 	memcpy(sb->uuid, bitmap->mddev->uuid, 16);
 
 	bitmap->flags |= BITMAP_STALE;
-	sb->state |= cpu_to_le32(BITMAP_STALE);
+	sb->state = cpu_to_le32(bitmap->flags);
 	bitmap->events_cleared = bitmap->mddev->events;
 	sb->events_cleared = cpu_to_le64(bitmap->mddev->events);
 
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static int bitmap_read_sb(struct bitmap *bitmap)
 			       "-- forcing full recovery\n",
 			       bmname(bitmap), events,
 			       (unsigned long long) bitmap->mddev->events);
-			sb->state |= cpu_to_le32(BITMAP_STALE);
+			bitmap->flags |= BITMAP_STALE;
 		}
 	}