diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index c569d9ee790e..a95e4ade6037 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c744a65c1e2d59acc54333ce80a5b0702a98010b
+refs/heads/master: 4474ca42e2577563a919fd3ed782e2ec55bf11a2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index cdf36b1e9aa6..239af9a9aad1 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1904,6 +1904,8 @@ location_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
 			if (mddev->pers) {
 				mddev->pers->quiesce(mddev, 1);
 				rv = bitmap_create(mddev);
+				if (!rv)
+					rv = bitmap_load(mddev);
 				if (rv) {
 					bitmap_destroy(mddev);
 					mddev->bitmap_info.offset = 0;