if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
            !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
-               if (rdev->recovery_offset > 0) {
-                       sb->feature_map |=
-                               cpu_to_le32(MD_FEATURE_RECOVERY_OFFSET);
-                       sb->recovery_offset =
-                               cpu_to_le64(rdev->recovery_offset);
-               }
+               sb->feature_map |=
+                       cpu_to_le32(MD_FEATURE_RECOVERY_OFFSET);
+               sb->recovery_offset =
+                       cpu_to_le64(rdev->recovery_offset);
        }
 
        if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
                        sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(0xfffe);
                else if (test_bit(In_sync, &rdev2->flags))
                        sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(rdev2->raid_disk);
-               else if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0 && rdev2->recovery_offset > 0)
+               else if (rdev2->raid_disk >= 0)
                        sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(rdev2->raid_disk);
                else
                        sb->dev_roles[i] = cpu_to_le16(0xffff);
                                                       nm, mdname(mddev));
                                        spares++;
                                        md_new_event(mddev);
+                                       set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags);
                                } else
                                        break;
                        }