diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6e110267ca8a..3573371b2bb6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: af3a2cd6b8a479345786e7fe5e199ad2f6240e56
+refs/heads/master: 75a73a29e520a6ce982b0da6dd8b7560ae3faa90
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index b8a0fcfb1de1..fec4abcb9bb4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2150,12 +2150,18 @@ 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 */
+			}
 		}
 	}