diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index cdf36b1e9aa6f28af6f2f1ed9042a02f3f41b8f0..239af9a9aad1d1ae4feb9e8e69f6f582007b087d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/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;