diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index 59d2150e130d..67372e1a167d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -1869,6 +1869,14 @@ static bool rs_takeover_requested(struct raid_set *rs)
 	return rs->md.new_level != rs->md.level;
 }
 
+/* True if layout is set to reshape. */
+static bool rs_is_layout_change(struct raid_set *rs, bool use_mddev)
+{
+	return (use_mddev ? rs->md.delta_disks : rs->delta_disks) ||
+	       rs->md.new_layout != rs->md.layout ||
+	       rs->md.new_chunk_sectors != rs->md.chunk_sectors;
+}
+
 /* True if @rs is requested to reshape by ctr */
 static bool rs_reshape_requested(struct raid_set *rs)
 {
@@ -1881,9 +1889,7 @@ static bool rs_reshape_requested(struct raid_set *rs)
 	if (rs_is_raid0(rs))
 		return false;
 
-	change = mddev->new_layout != mddev->layout ||
-		 mddev->new_chunk_sectors != mddev->chunk_sectors ||
-		 rs->delta_disks;
+	change = rs_is_layout_change(rs, false);
 
 	/* Historical case to support raid1 reshape without delta disks */
 	if (rs_is_raid1(rs)) {
@@ -2818,7 +2824,7 @@ static sector_t _get_reshape_sectors(struct raid_set *rs)
 }
 
 /*
- *
+ * Reshape:
  * - change raid layout
  * - change chunk size
  * - add disks
@@ -2927,6 +2933,20 @@ static int rs_setup_reshape(struct raid_set *rs)
 	return r;
 }
 
+/*
+ * If the md resync thread has updated superblock with max reshape position
+ * at the end of a reshape but not (yet) reset the layout configuration
+ * changes -> reset the latter.
+ */
+static void rs_reset_inconclusive_reshape(struct raid_set *rs)
+{
+	if (!rs_is_reshaping(rs) && rs_is_layout_change(rs, true)) {
+		rs_set_cur(rs);
+		rs->md.delta_disks = 0;
+		rs->md.reshape_backwards = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Enable/disable discard support on RAID set depending on
  * RAID level and discard properties of underlying RAID members.
@@ -3213,11 +3233,14 @@ size_check:
 	if (r)
 		goto bad;
 
+	/* Catch any inconclusive reshape superblock content. */
+	rs_reset_inconclusive_reshape(rs);
+
 	/* Start raid set read-only and assumed clean to change in raid_resume() */
 	rs->md.ro = 1;
 	rs->md.in_sync = 1;
 
-	/* Keep array frozen */
+	/* Keep array frozen until resume. */
 	set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_FROZEN, &rs->md.recovery);
 
 	/* Has to be held on running the array */
@@ -3231,7 +3254,6 @@ size_check:
 	}
 
 	r = md_start(&rs->md);
-
 	if (r) {
 		ti->error = "Failed to start raid array";
 		mddev_unlock(&rs->md);