diff --git a/RHEL-76037-4-storage-mon-check-if-daemon-is-already-running.patch b/RHEL-76037-4-storage-mon-check-if-daemon-is-already-running.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2d262d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RHEL-76037-4-storage-mon-check-if-daemon-is-already-running.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From c6f520344e830a7c946b2222f9f251be038b1b28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:01:30 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] storage-mon: check if daemon is already running during
+ start-action
+
+---
+ heartbeat/storage-mon.in | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/heartbeat/storage-mon.in b/heartbeat/storage-mon.in
+index 5edb96979..00e42f68d 100644
+--- a/heartbeat/storage-mon.in
++++ b/heartbeat/storage-mon.in
+@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ storage_mon_start() {
+ 		fi
+ 		touch "${OCF_RESKEY_state_file}"
+ 	else
++		storage_mon_monitor pid_check_only
++		if [ $? -eq $OCF_SUCCESS ]; then
++			return $OCF_SUCCESS
++		fi
+ 		storage_mon_init
+ 		# generate command line
+ 		cmdline=""
diff --git a/resource-agents.spec b/resource-agents.spec
index a99cffd..2af0bfa 100644
--- a/resource-agents.spec
+++ b/resource-agents.spec
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 Name:		resource-agents
 Summary:	Open Source HA Reusable Cluster Resource Scripts
 Version:	4.16.0
-Release:	3%{?rcver:%{rcver}}%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:.%{dirty}}%{?dist}
+Release:	4%{?rcver:%{rcver}}%{?numcomm:.%{numcomm}}%{?alphatag:.%{alphatag}}%{?dirty:.%{dirty}}%{?dist}
 License:	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
 URL:		https://github.com/ClusterLabs/resource-agents
 Source0:	%{upstream_prefix}-%{upstream_version}.tar.gz
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Patch8: 	RHEL-76007-Filesystem-dont-report-warnings-when-creating-resource.patch
 Patch9: 	RHEL-76037-1-storage-mon-remove-unused-variables.patch
 Patch10: 	RHEL-76037-2-storage-mon-fix-daemon-mode-bug-that-caused-delayed-initial-score.patch
 Patch11: 	RHEL-76037-3-storage-mon-only-use-underscores-in-functions.patch
+Patch12: 	RHEL-76037-4-storage-mon-check-if-daemon-is-already-running.patch
 
 # bundled ha-cloud-support libs
 Patch500:	ha-cloud-support-aliyun.patch
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ exit 1
 %patch -p1 -P 9
 %patch -p1 -P 10
 %patch -p1 -P 11
+%patch -p1 -P 12
 
 # bundled ha-cloud-support libs
 %patch -p1 -P 500
@@ -547,13 +549,17 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}/usr/share/doc/resource-agents
 %{_usr}/lib/ocf/lib/heartbeat/OCF_*.pm
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Jan 24 2025 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.16.0-4
+- storage-mon: fix daemon mode bug that caused delayed initial score
+
+  Resolves: RHEL-76037
+
 * Thu Jan 23 2025 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.16.0-3
 - openstack-cinder-volume: wait for volume to be available
 - All agents: use grep -E/-F
 - Filesystem: dont report warnings when creating resource
-- storage-mon: fix daemon mode bug that caused delayed initial score
 
-  Resolves: RHEL-72954, RHEL-75574, RHEL-76007, RHEL-76037
+  Resolves: RHEL-72954, RHEL-75574, RHEL-76007
 
 * Tue Nov 26 2024 Oyvind Albrigtsen <oalbrigt@redhat.com> - 4.16.0-1
 - Rebase to resource-agents 4.16.0 upstream release