diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 1742435ce3ae..4518994712c7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,8 @@ void bitmap_cond_end_sync(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t sector)
 		   atomic_read(&bitmap->mddev->recovery_active) == 0);
 
 	bitmap->mddev->curr_resync_completed = bitmap->mddev->curr_resync;
-	set_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &bitmap->mddev->flags);
+	if (bitmap->mddev->persistent)
+		set_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &bitmap->mddev->flags);
 	sector &= ~((1ULL << CHUNK_BLOCK_SHIFT(bitmap)) - 1);
 	s = 0;
 	while (s < sector && s < bitmap->mddev->resync_max_sectors) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 9007651ce175..d636b0a40fac 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6753,7 +6753,8 @@ void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev)
 				   atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active) == 0);
 			mddev->curr_resync_completed =
 				mddev->curr_resync;
-			set_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags);
+			if (mddev->persistent)
+				set_bit(MD_CHANGE_CLEAN, &mddev->flags);
 			sysfs_notify(&mddev->kobj, NULL, "sync_completed");
 		}