diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 6aefa4434819..30ba223e5ed0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -7180,6 +7180,7 @@ void md_done_sync(struct mddev *mddev, int blocks, int ok)
 	wake_up(&mddev->recovery_wait);
 	if (!ok) {
 		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_INTR, &mddev->recovery);
+		set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERROR, &mddev->recovery);
 		md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
 		// stop recovery, signal do_sync ....
 	}
@@ -7574,8 +7575,13 @@ void md_do_sync(struct md_thread *thread)
 					printk(KERN_INFO
 					       "md: checkpointing %s of %s.\n",
 					       desc, mdname(mddev));
-					mddev->recovery_cp =
-						mddev->curr_resync_completed;
+					if (test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_ERROR,
+						&mddev->recovery))
+						mddev->recovery_cp =
+							mddev->curr_resync_completed;
+					else
+						mddev->recovery_cp =
+							mddev->curr_resync;
 				}
 			} else
 				mddev->recovery_cp = MaxSector;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index af443ab868db..c29e62ebc488 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ struct mddev {
 	 * REQUEST:  user-space has requested a sync (used with SYNC)
 	 * CHECK:    user-space request for check-only, no repair
 	 * RESHAPE:  A reshape is happening
+	 * ERROR:    sync-action interrupted because io-error
 	 *
 	 * If neither SYNC or RESHAPE are set, then it is a recovery.
 	 */
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ struct mddev {
 #define	MD_RECOVERY_CHECK	7
 #define MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE	8
 #define	MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN	9
+#define	MD_RECOVERY_ERROR	10
 
 	unsigned long			recovery;
 	/* If a RAID personality determines that recovery (of a particular