/* far_copies must be 1 */
                        conf->prev.stride = conf->dev_sectors;
        }
+       conf->reshape_safe = conf->reshape_progress;
        spin_lock_init(&conf->device_lock);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&conf->retry_list);
 
                }
                conf->offset_diff = min_offset_diff;
 
-               conf->reshape_safe = conf->reshape_progress;
                clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_SYNC, &mddev->recovery);
                clear_bit(MD_RECOVERY_CHECK, &mddev->recovery);
                set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
                conf->reshape_progress = size;
        } else
                conf->reshape_progress = 0;
+       conf->reshape_safe = conf->reshape_progress;
        spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
        if (mddev->delta_disks && mddev->bitmap) {
                rdev->new_data_offset = rdev->data_offset;
        smp_wmb();
        conf->reshape_progress = MaxSector;
+       conf->reshape_safe = MaxSector;
        mddev->reshape_position = MaxSector;
        spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
        return ret;
        md_finish_reshape(conf->mddev);
        smp_wmb();
        conf->reshape_progress = MaxSector;
+       conf->reshape_safe = MaxSector;
        spin_unlock_irq(&conf->device_lock);
 
        /* read-ahead size must cover two whole stripes, which is