diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 175c424f201f33caa0c50525a41b7f8fc3569387..0da25daea9be2875c3d9b57541fdc10bdae0d0a0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -5159,9 +5159,10 @@ static int add_new_disk(mddev_t * mddev, mdu_disk_info_t *info)
 		/* set saved_raid_disk if appropriate */
 		if (!mddev->persistent) {
 			if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC)  &&
-			    info->raid_disk < mddev->raid_disks)
+			    info->raid_disk < mddev->raid_disks) {
 				rdev->raid_disk = info->raid_disk;
-			else
+				set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
+			} else
 				rdev->raid_disk = -1;
 		} else
 			super_types[mddev->major_version].