diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 7b9e229a05e2..84c46a161927 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4338,6 +4338,8 @@ static int md_alloc(dev_t dev, char *name)
 	if (mddev->kobj.sd &&
 	    sysfs_create_group(&mddev->kobj, &md_bitmap_group))
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "pointless warning\n");
+
+	blk_queue_flush(mddev->queue, REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA);
  abort:
 	mutex_unlock(&disks_mutex);
 	if (!error && mddev->kobj.sd) {