diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c
index 6e5e6f6e3ab6..aa4d2ce8b874 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/st.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c
@@ -2686,6 +2686,30 @@ static int do_load_unload(struct scsi_tape *STp, struct file *filp, int load_cod
 		else {
 			STp->rew_at_close = STp->autorew_dev;
 			retval = check_tape(STp, filp);
+			/*
+			 * LOAD leaves the medium at the beginning of partition
+			 * 0.  check_tape() records that only for a new session;
+			 * without a new-medium unit attention (the medium was
+			 * already loaded) the partition and the partition state
+			 * would be left as before the load.  Reset them as a
+			 * new session does, for all partitions: a stale
+			 * ST_WRITING state would make st_flush() write a
+			 * filemark at the beginning of partition 0.
+			 */
+			if (retval == CHKRES_READY) {
+				int i;
+
+				STp->partition = STp->new_partition = 0;
+				for (i = 0; i < ST_NBR_PARTITIONS; i++) {
+					STps = &(STp->ps[i]);
+					STps->rw = ST_IDLE;
+					STps->eof = ST_NOEOF;
+					STps->at_sm = 0;
+					STps->last_block_valid = 0;
+					STps->drv_block = 0;
+					STps->drv_file = 0;
+				}
+			}
 			if (retval > 0)
 				retval = 0;
 		}