diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 3592beb6931e16c653d019838a80d6e1578e4fb8..89149acd8a5e847b0d66460b8881bbb0c5c03a59 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1647,6 +1647,8 @@ static int super_1_validate(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 			}
 			set_bit(Journal, &rdev->flags);
 			rdev->journal_tail = le64_to_cpu(sb->journal_tail);
+			if (mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector)
+				set_bit(MD_JOURNAL_CLEAN, &mddev->flags);
 			break;
 		default:
 			rdev->saved_raid_disk = role;
@@ -1689,6 +1691,8 @@ static void super_1_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	sb->events = cpu_to_le64(mddev->events);
 	if (mddev->in_sync)
 		sb->resync_offset = cpu_to_le64(mddev->recovery_cp);
+	else if (test_bit(MD_JOURNAL_CLEAN, &mddev->flags))
+		sb->resync_offset = cpu_to_le64(MaxSector);
 	else
 		sb->resync_offset = cpu_to_le64(0);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 2b0f62fb61463edce7e6a559286ed662c8996578..e14e667a20e97bb196397c7b4cd1d734f1fcb35c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct mddev {
 #define MD_STILL_CLOSED	4	/* If set, then array has not been opened since
 				 * md_ioctl checked on it.
 				 */
+#define MD_JOURNAL_CLEAN 5	/* A raid with journal is already clean */
 
 	int				suspended;
 	atomic_t			active_io;