1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index dda2f1b64a6d..564c390f8a1b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ static int linear_run (mddev_t *mddev)
 {
         linear_conf_t *conf;
 
+        if (md_check_no_bitmap(mddev))
+                return -EINVAL;
         mddev->queue->queue_lock = &mddev->queue->__queue_lock;
         conf = linear_conf(mddev, mddev->raid_disks);