* flush_workqueue() after mddev_find will succeed in waiting
                 * for the work to be done.
                 */
-               INIT_WORK(&mddev->del_work, mddev_delayed_delete);
                queue_work(md_misc_wq, &mddev->del_work);
        }
        spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 }
 
 static void md_safemode_timeout(struct timer_list *t);
+static void md_start_sync(struct work_struct *ws);
 
 void mddev_init(struct mddev *mddev)
 {
        mddev->resync_min = 0;
        mddev->resync_max = MaxSector;
        mddev->level = LEVEL_NONE;
+
+       INIT_WORK(&mddev->sync_work, md_start_sync);
+       INIT_WORK(&mddev->del_work, mddev_delayed_delete);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mddev_init);
 
 
 static void md_start_sync(struct work_struct *ws)
 {
-       struct mddev *mddev = container_of(ws, struct mddev, del_work);
+       struct mddev *mddev = container_of(ws, struct mddev, sync_work);
 
        rcu_assign_pointer(mddev->sync_thread,
                           md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev, "resync"));
                                 */
                                md_bitmap_write_all(mddev->bitmap);
                        }
-                       INIT_WORK(&mddev->del_work, md_start_sync);
-                       queue_work(md_misc_wq, &mddev->del_work);
+                       queue_work(md_misc_wq, &mddev->sync_work);
                        goto unlock;
                }
        not_running:
 
        struct kernfs_node              *sysfs_degraded;        /*handle for 'degraded' */
        struct kernfs_node              *sysfs_level;           /*handle for 'level' */
 
-       struct work_struct del_work;    /* used for delayed sysfs removal */
+       /* used for delayed sysfs removal */
+       struct work_struct del_work;
+       /* used for register new sync thread */
+       struct work_struct sync_work;
 
        /* "lock" protects:
         *   flush_bio transition from NULL to !NULL