diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 2c84de2b4ad5c4e2bb6682d53d8be9f8fd6468fa..f0f510c1341010a06e1c141cf89b5d260246dfdd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ static int bitmap_read_sb(struct bitmap *bitmap)
 	/* assign fields using values from superblock */
 	bitmap->chunksize = chunksize;
 	bitmap->daemon_sleep = daemon_sleep;
+	bitmap->daemon_lastrun = jiffies;
 	bitmap->max_write_behind = write_behind;
 	bitmap->flags |= sb->state;
 	bitmap->events_cleared = le64_to_cpu(sb->events_cleared);