diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 9d740e4181ff..79a6b2f423dd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ static void mddev_detach(struct mddev *mddev);
  * count by 2 for every hour elapsed between read errors.
  */
 #define MD_DEFAULT_MAX_CORRECTED_READ_ERRORS 20
+/* Default safemode delay: 200 msec */
+#define DEFAULT_SAFEMODE_DELAY ((200 * HZ)/1000 +1)
 /*
  * Current RAID-1,4,5 parallel reconstruction 'guaranteed speed limit'
  * is 1000 KB/sec, so the extra system load does not show up that much.
@@ -6034,7 +6036,7 @@ int md_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
 		mddev->safemode_delay = 0;
 	else
-		mddev->safemode_delay = (200 * HZ)/1000 +1; /* 200 msec delay */
+		mddev->safemode_delay = DEFAULT_SAFEMODE_DELAY;
 	mddev->in_sync = 1;
 	smp_wmb();
 	spin_lock(&mddev->lock);
@@ -7413,6 +7415,7 @@ static int update_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info)
 
 				mddev->bitmap_info.nodes = 0;
 				md_cluster_ops->leave(mddev);
+				mddev->safemode_delay = DEFAULT_SAFEMODE_DELAY;
 			}
 			mddev_suspend(mddev);
 			md_bitmap_destroy(mddev);
@@ -8408,6 +8411,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_md_cluster_operations);
 
 int md_setup_cluster(struct mddev *mddev, int nodes)
 {
+	int ret;
 	if (!md_cluster_ops)
 		request_module("md-cluster");
 	spin_lock(&pers_lock);
@@ -8419,7 +8423,10 @@ int md_setup_cluster(struct mddev *mddev, int nodes)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&pers_lock);
 
-	return md_cluster_ops->join(mddev, nodes);
+	ret = md_cluster_ops->join(mddev, nodes);
+	if (!ret)
+		mddev->safemode_delay = 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void md_cluster_stop(struct mddev *mddev)