diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c
index 5356d5324176..92b9ffece4a0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c
@@ -367,9 +367,11 @@ int lov_unpackmd(struct obd_export *exp,  struct lov_stripe_md **lsmp,
 		if (rc)
 			return rc;
 		magic = le32_to_cpu(lmm->lmm_magic);
+		pattern = le32_to_cpu(lmm->lmm_pattern);
 	} else {
 		magic = LOV_MAGIC;
 		stripe_count = lov_get_stripecnt(lov, magic, 0);
+		pattern = LOV_PATTERN_RAID0;
 	}
 
 	/* If we aren't passed an lsmp struct, we just want the size */
@@ -384,7 +386,6 @@ int lov_unpackmd(struct obd_export *exp,  struct lov_stripe_md **lsmp,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	pattern = le32_to_cpu(lmm->lmm_pattern);
 	lsm_size = lov_alloc_memmd(lsmp, stripe_count, pattern, magic);
 	if (lsm_size < 0)
 		return lsm_size;