1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/faulty.c b/drivers/md/faulty.c
index 6e83b38d931d..87d88dbb667f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/faulty.c
+++ b/drivers/md/faulty.c
@@ -299,8 +299,12 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 {
         mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
         int i;
+        conf_t *conf;
 
-        conf_t *conf = kmalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
+        if (md_check_no_bitmap(mddev))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        conf = kmalloc(sizeof(*conf), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!conf)
                 return -ENOMEM;