diff --git a/src/block/manager.rs b/src/block/manager.rs
index bfa66069..26278974 100644
--- a/src/block/manager.rs
+++ b/src/block/manager.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ impl BlockManager {
 			tx_scrub_command: ArcSwapOption::new(None),
 		});
 		block_manager.endpoint.set_handler(block_manager.clone());
+		block_manager.scrub_persister.set_with(|_| ()).unwrap();
 
 		block_manager
 	}
diff --git a/src/block/repair.rs b/src/block/repair.rs
index 10d46291..5476bf8a 100644
--- a/src/block/repair.rs
+++ b/src/block/repair.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use rand::Rng;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::fs;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
@@ -162,6 +161,50 @@ impl Worker for RepairWorker {
 // and whose parameter (esp. speed) can be controlled at runtime.
 // ---- ---- ----
 
+mod v081 {
+	use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+	#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+	pub struct ScrubWorkerPersisted {
+		pub tranquility: u32,
+		pub(crate) time_last_complete_scrub: u64,
+		pub(crate) corruptions_detected: u64,
+	}
+
+	impl garage_util::migrate::InitialFormat for ScrubWorkerPersisted {}
+}
+
+mod v082 {
+	use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+	use super::v081;
+
+	#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+	pub struct ScrubWorkerPersisted {
+		pub tranquility: u32,
+		pub(crate) time_last_complete_scrub: u64,
+		pub(crate) time_next_run_scrub: u64,
+		pub(crate) corruptions_detected: u64,
+	}
+
+	impl garage_util::migrate::Migrate for ScrubWorkerPersisted {
+		type Previous = v081::ScrubWorkerPersisted;
+
+		fn migrate(old: v081::ScrubWorkerPersisted) -> ScrubWorkerPersisted {
+			use crate::repair::randomize_next_scrub_run_time;
+
+			ScrubWorkerPersisted {
+				tranquility: old.tranquility,
+				time_last_complete_scrub: old.time_last_complete_scrub,
+				time_next_run_scrub: randomize_next_scrub_run_time(old.time_last_complete_scrub),
+				corruptions_detected: old.corruptions_detected,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+pub use v082::*;
+
 pub struct ScrubWorker {
 	manager: Arc<BlockManager>,
 	rx_cmd: mpsc::Receiver<ScrubWorkerCommand>,
@@ -172,19 +215,11 @@ pub struct ScrubWorker {
 	persister: PersisterShared<ScrubWorkerPersisted>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct ScrubWorkerPersisted {
-	pub tranquility: u32,
-	pub(crate) time_last_complete_scrub: u64,
-	pub(crate) time_next_run_scrub: u64,
-	pub(crate) corruptions_detected: u64,
-}
-
-fn randomize_next_scrub_run_time() -> u64 {
+fn randomize_next_scrub_run_time(timestamp: u64) -> u64 {
 	// Take SCRUB_INTERVAL and mix in a random interval of 10 days to attempt to
 	// balance scrub load across different cluster nodes.
 
-	let next_run_timestamp = now_msec()
+	let next_run_timestamp = timestamp
 		+ SCRUB_INTERVAL
 			.saturating_add(Duration::from_secs(
 				rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0..3600 * 24 * 10),
@@ -194,12 +229,11 @@ fn randomize_next_scrub_run_time() -> u64 {
 	next_run_timestamp
 }
 
-impl garage_util::migrate::InitialFormat for ScrubWorkerPersisted {}
 impl Default for ScrubWorkerPersisted {
 	fn default() -> Self {
 		ScrubWorkerPersisted {
 			time_last_complete_scrub: 0,
-			time_next_run_scrub: randomize_next_scrub_run_time(),
+			time_next_run_scrub: randomize_next_scrub_run_time(now_msec()),
 			tranquility: INITIAL_SCRUB_TRANQUILITY,
 			corruptions_detected: 0,
 		}
@@ -361,7 +395,7 @@ impl Worker for ScrubWorker {
 				} else {
 					self.persister.set_with(|p| {
 						p.time_last_complete_scrub = now_msec();
-						p.time_next_run_scrub = randomize_next_scrub_run_time();
+						p.time_next_run_scrub = randomize_next_scrub_run_time(now_msec());
 					})?;
 					self.work = ScrubWorkerState::Finished;
 					self.tranquilizer.clear();