diff --git a/qa/workunits/rbd/rbd_mirror.sh b/qa/workunits/rbd/rbd_mirror.sh
index 6084cf758dd63..f071c64e12e98 100755
--- a/qa/workunits/rbd/rbd_mirror.sh
+++ b/qa/workunits/rbd/rbd_mirror.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ admin_daemon ${CLUSTER1} rbd mirror status
 testlog "TEST: failover and failback"
 start_mirror ${CLUSTER2}
 
+# demote and promote same cluster
+demote_image ${CLUSTER2} ${POOL} ${image}
+wait_for_image_replay_stopped ${CLUSTER1} ${POOL} ${image}
+test_status_in_pool_dir ${CLUSTER1} ${POOL} ${image} 'up+stopped'
+test_status_in_pool_dir ${CLUSTER2} ${POOL} ${image} 'up+stopped'
+promote_image ${CLUSTER2} ${POOL} ${image}
+wait_for_image_replay_started ${CLUSTER1} ${POOL} ${image}
+write_image ${CLUSTER2} ${POOL} ${image} 100
+wait_for_replay_complete ${CLUSTER1} ${CLUSTER2} ${POOL} ${image}
+test_status_in_pool_dir ${CLUSTER2} ${POOL} ${image} 'up+stopped'
+test_status_in_pool_dir ${CLUSTER1} ${POOL} ${image} 'up+replaying' 'master_position'
+compare_images ${POOL} ${image}
+
 # failover
 demote_image ${CLUSTER2} ${POOL} ${image}
 wait_for_image_replay_stopped ${CLUSTER1} ${POOL} ${image}