diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index 33626e34c92a..4a076b2553e6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ struct bm_aio_ctx {
 	unsigned flags;
 #define BM_AIO_COPY_PAGES	1
 #define BM_AIO_WRITE_HINTED	2
+#define BM_WRITE_ALL_PAGES	4
 	int error;
 	struct kref kref;
 };
@@ -1096,7 +1097,9 @@ static int bm_rw(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int rw, unsigned flags, unsigned lazy_w
 			    !test_and_clear_bit(BM_PAGE_HINT_WRITEOUT,
 				    &page_private(b->bm_pages[i])))
 				continue;
-			if (bm_test_page_unchanged(b->bm_pages[i])) {
+
+			if (!(flags & BM_WRITE_ALL_PAGES) &&
+			    bm_test_page_unchanged(b->bm_pages[i])) {
 				dynamic_dev_dbg(DEV, "skipped bm write for idx %u\n", i);
 				continue;
 			}
@@ -1180,6 +1183,17 @@ int drbd_bm_write(struct drbd_conf *mdev) __must_hold(local)
 	return bm_rw(mdev, WRITE, 0, 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * drbd_bm_write_all() - Write the whole bitmap to its on disk location.
+ * @mdev:	DRBD device.
+ *
+ * Will write all pages.
+ */
+int drbd_bm_write_all(struct drbd_conf *mdev) __must_hold(local)
+{
+	return bm_rw(mdev, WRITE, BM_WRITE_ALL_PAGES, 0);
+}
+
 /**
  * drbd_bm_lazy_write_out() - Write bitmap pages 0 to @upper_idx-1, if they have changed.
  * @mdev:	DRBD device.
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
index 813f50dbe5ca..d8b3c88d6f1c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_int.h
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ extern int  drbd_bm_read(struct drbd_conf *mdev) __must_hold(local);
 extern void drbd_bm_mark_for_writeout(struct drbd_conf *mdev, int page_nr);
 extern int  drbd_bm_write(struct drbd_conf *mdev) __must_hold(local);
 extern int  drbd_bm_write_hinted(struct drbd_conf *mdev) __must_hold(local);
+extern int drbd_bm_write_all(struct drbd_conf *mdev) __must_hold(local);
 extern int  drbd_bm_write_copy_pages(struct drbd_conf *mdev) __must_hold(local);
 extern size_t	     drbd_bm_words(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
 extern unsigned long drbd_bm_bits(struct drbd_conf *mdev);
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index d1073705bf1f..c02d5265c397 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -894,8 +894,8 @@ enum determine_dev_size drbd_determine_dev_size(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum dds
 			 la_size_changed && md_moved ? "size changed and md moved" :
 			 la_size_changed ? "size changed" : "md moved");
 		/* next line implicitly does drbd_suspend_io()+drbd_resume_io() */
-		err = drbd_bitmap_io(mdev, &drbd_bm_write,
-				"size changed", BM_LOCKED_MASK);
+		err = drbd_bitmap_io(mdev, md_moved ? &drbd_bm_write_all : &drbd_bm_write,
+				     "size changed", BM_LOCKED_MASK);
 		if (err) {
 			rv = dev_size_error;
 			goto out;