diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
index 05fd92d6cf73..babb80de249a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/import.c
@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@ static int ptlrpc_connect_interpret(const struct lu_env *env,
 		imp->imp_remote_handle =
 				*lustre_msg_get_handle(request->rq_repmsg);
 		imp->imp_last_replay_transno = 0;
+		imp->imp_replay_cursor = &imp->imp_committed_list;
 		IMPORT_SET_STATE(imp, LUSTRE_IMP_REPLAY);
 	} else {
 		DEBUG_REQ(D_HA, request, "%s: evicting (reconnect/recover flags not set: %x)",