diff --git a/super-intel.c b/super-intel.c
index 4b30024..69cab38 100644
--- a/super-intel.c
+++ b/super-intel.c
@@ -4248,6 +4248,8 @@ static int write_super_imsm_spares(struct intel_super *super, int doclose)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int is_gen_migration(struct imsm_dev *dev);
+
 static int write_super_imsm(struct supertype *st, int doclose)
 {
 	struct intel_super *super = st->sb;
@@ -4259,6 +4261,7 @@ static int write_super_imsm(struct supertype *st, int doclose)
 	int i;
 	__u32 mpb_size = sizeof(struct imsm_super) - sizeof(struct imsm_disk);
 	int num_disks = 0;
+	int clear_migration_record = 1;
 
 	/* 'generation' is incremented everytime the metadata is written */
 	generation = __le32_to_cpu(mpb->generation_num);
@@ -4293,6 +4296,8 @@ static int write_super_imsm(struct supertype *st, int doclose)
 			imsm_copy_dev(dev, dev2);
 			mpb_size += sizeof_imsm_dev(dev, 0);
 		}
+		if (is_gen_migration(dev2))
+			clear_migration_record = 0;
 	}
 	mpb_size += __le32_to_cpu(mpb->bbm_log_size);
 	mpb->mpb_size = __cpu_to_le32(mpb_size);
@@ -4301,6 +4306,9 @@ static int write_super_imsm(struct supertype *st, int doclose)
 	sum = __gen_imsm_checksum(mpb);
 	mpb->check_sum = __cpu_to_le32(sum);
 
+	if (clear_migration_record)
+		memset(super->migr_rec_buf, 0, 512);
+
 	/* write the mpb for disks that compose raid devices */
 	for (d = super->disks; d ; d = d->next) {
 		if (d->index < 0)
@@ -4308,6 +4316,14 @@ static int write_super_imsm(struct supertype *st, int doclose)
 		if (store_imsm_mpb(d->fd, mpb))
 			fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed for device %d:%d %s\n",
 				__func__, d->major, d->minor, strerror(errno));
+		if (clear_migration_record) {
+			unsigned long long dsize;
+
+			get_dev_size(d->fd, NULL, &dsize);
+			if (lseek64(d->fd, dsize - 512, SEEK_SET) >= 0) {
+				write(d->fd, super->migr_rec_buf, 512);
+			}
+		}
 		if (doclose) {
 			close(d->fd);
 			d->fd = -1;