diff --git a/satellite/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/layer/drbd/utils/DrbdAdm.java b/satellite/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/layer/drbd/utils/DrbdAdm.java
index 5627d1be8..ece191292 100644
--- a/satellite/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/layer/drbd/utils/DrbdAdm.java
+++ b/satellite/src/main/java/com/linbit/linstor/layer/drbd/utils/DrbdAdm.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @Singleton
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ public class DrbdAdm
 
     public static final int WAIT_CONNECT_RES_TIME = 10;
     private static final long DOWN_WAIT_TIMEOUT_SEC = 5;
+    private static final long FORCE_DETACH_RETRY_WAIT_MS = 250;
+    private static final String BITMAP_LEAK_ERR_MSG = "already has a bitmap, this should not happen";
+    private static final Pattern BITMAP_LEAK_MINOR_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\bminor\\s+(\\d+)\\b");
 
     private final ExtCmdFactory extCmdFactory;
     private final AccessContext sysCtx;
@@ -131,8 +136,38 @@ public void adjust(
         // command.add(resName);
         command.add(drbdRscData.getSuffixedResourceName());
         // execute(Arrays.asList("drbdsetup", "show", drbdRscData.getSuffixedResourceName()));
-        execute(command);
-        // execute(Arrays.asList("drbdsetup", "show", drbdRscData.getSuffixedResourceName()));
+        String[] commandArr = command.toArray(new String[0]);
+        try
+        {
+            File nullDevice = new File(Platform.nullDevice());
+            ExtCmd extCmd = extCmdFactory.create();
+            if (Platform.isWindows())
+            {
+                extCmd.setTimeout(TimeoutType.WAIT, 5 * 60 * 1000);
+            }
+
+            OutputData outputData = extCmd.pipeExec(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.from(nullDevice), commandArr);
+            if (
+                outputData.exitCode != 0 &&
+                isBitmapLeakOnAttach(outputData) &&
+                cleanupStaleBitmapAndRetry(extCmd, nullDevice, outputData)
+            )
+            {
+                outputData = extCmd.pipeExec(ProcessBuilder.Redirect.from(nullDevice), commandArr);
+            }
+            if (outputData.exitCode != 0)
+            {
+                throw new ExtCmdFailedException(commandArr, outputData);
+            }
+        }
+        catch (ChildProcessTimeoutException timeoutExc)
+        {
+            throw new ExtCmdFailedException(commandArr, timeoutExc);
+        }
+        catch (IOException ioExc)
+        {
+            throw new ExtCmdFailedException(commandArr, ioExc);
+        }
 
         drbdRscData.setAdjustRequired(false);
     }
@@ -805,6 +840,75 @@ private void execute(List<String> commandList) throws ExtCmdFailedException
         }
     }
 
+    static boolean isBitmapLeakOnAttach(OutputData outputData)
+    {
+        return extractBitmapLeakMinor(outputData) != null;
+    }
+
+    static @Nullable Integer extractBitmapLeakMinor(OutputData outputData)
+    {
+        String stderr = new String(outputData.stderrData, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        if (!stderr.contains(BITMAP_LEAK_ERR_MSG))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        Matcher matcher = BITMAP_LEAK_MINOR_PATTERN.matcher(stderr);
+        if (!matcher.find())
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(1));
+    }
+
+    private boolean cleanupStaleBitmapAndRetry(
+        ExtCmd extCmd,
+        File nullDevice,
+        OutputData outputData
+    )
+        throws IOException, ChildProcessTimeoutException, ExtCmdFailedException
+    {
+        @Nullable Integer minor = extractBitmapLeakMinor(outputData);
+        if (minor == null)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        OutputData detachOut = extCmd.pipeExec(
+            ProcessBuilder.Redirect.from(nullDevice),
+            DRBDSETUP_UTIL,
+            "detach",
+            Integer.toString(minor)
+        );
+        if (detachOut.exitCode == 0)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        OutputData forceDetachOut = extCmd.pipeExec(
+            ProcessBuilder.Redirect.from(nullDevice),
+            DRBDSETUP_UTIL,
+            "detach",
+            Integer.toString(minor),
+            "--force"
+        );
+        if (forceDetachOut.exitCode != 0)
+        {
+            throw new ExtCmdFailedException(forceDetachOut.executedCommand, forceDetachOut);
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            Thread.sleep(FORCE_DETACH_RETRY_WAIT_MS);
+        }
+        catch (InterruptedException ignored)
+        {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
     public static class DrbdPrimary implements AutoCloseable
     {
         private final DrbdAdm drbdAdm;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/linbit/linstor/layer/drbd/utils/DrbdAdmTest.java b/src/test/java/com/linbit/linstor/layer/drbd/utils/DrbdAdmTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e54b38a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/linbit/linstor/layer/drbd/utils/DrbdAdmTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.linbit.linstor.layer.drbd.utils;
+
+import com.linbit.extproc.ExtCmd;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DrbdAdmTest
+{
+    @Test
+    public void extractsMinorForBitmapLeakAttachFailure()
+    {
+        ExtCmd.OutputData outputData = new ExtCmd.OutputData(
+            new String[] {"drbdadm", "-vvv", "adjust", "rsc"},
+            """
+            scheduling attach(rsc) as [0x123]
+            """.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+            """
+             [ne] minor 1111 (vol:0) disk: r=none c=/dev/zvol/data/rsc_00000
+            1111: Failure: (162) Invalid configuration request
+            additional info from kernel:
+            already has a bitmap, this should not happen
+            """.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+            10
+        );
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(DrbdAdm.isBitmapLeakOnAttach(outputData));
+        Assert.assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(1111), DrbdAdm.extractBitmapLeakMinor(outputData));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ignoresOtherAdjustFailures()
+    {
+        ExtCmd.OutputData outputData = new ExtCmd.OutputData(
+            new String[] {"drbdadm", "-vvv", "adjust", "rsc"},
+            new byte[0],
+            """
+            1111: Failure: (161) Device has no disk
+            """.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
+            10
+        );
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(DrbdAdm.isBitmapLeakOnAttach(outputData));
+        Assert.assertNull(DrbdAdm.extractBitmapLeakMinor(outputData));
+    }
+}