return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
-       ctx->seq += 10;
        list_for_each_entry_safe(sh, next, &ctx->cached_list, lru) {
                struct r5l_meta_block *mb;
                int i;
        struct mddev *mddev = log->rdev->mddev;
        struct r5l_recovery_ctx ctx;
        int ret;
+       sector_t pos;
+       struct stripe_head *sh;
 
        ctx.pos = log->last_checkpoint;
        ctx.seq = log->last_cp_seq;
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
+       pos = ctx.pos;
+       ctx.seq += 10;
+
+       if (ctx.data_only_stripes == 0) {
+               log->next_checkpoint = ctx.pos;
+               r5l_log_write_empty_meta_block(log, ctx.pos, ctx.seq++);
+               ctx.pos = r5l_ring_add(log, ctx.pos, BLOCK_SECTORS);
+       } else {
+               sh = list_last_entry(&ctx.cached_list, struct stripe_head, lru);
+               log->next_checkpoint = sh->log_start;
+       }
+
        if ((ctx.data_only_stripes == 0) && (ctx.data_parity_stripes == 0))
                pr_debug("md/raid:%s: starting from clean shutdown\n",
                         mdname(mddev));
        }
 
        log->log_start = ctx.pos;
-       log->next_checkpoint = ctx.pos;
        log->seq = ctx.seq;
-       r5l_log_write_empty_meta_block(log, ctx.pos, ctx.seq);
-       r5l_write_super(log, ctx.pos);
+       log->last_checkpoint = pos;
+       r5l_write_super(log, pos);
        return 0;
 }