diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ccca1bde3b7e..e3605908024f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7c44ece988a3419e51c833cf14be186a22224dd1
+refs/heads/master: bd52b746262c8d77e73903d6608014fb2fcdcd9d
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
index c148b6302154..a1f6b59b8b37 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2167,9 +2167,10 @@ static void md_update_sb(mddev_t * mddev, int force_change)
 				rdev->recovery_offset = mddev->curr_resync_completed;
 
 	}	
-	if (mddev->external || !mddev->persistent) {
+	if (!mddev->persistent) {
+		if (!mddev->external)
+			clear_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags);
 		clear_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
-		clear_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags);
 		wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait);
 		return;
 	}