diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 66219cf16a5e..9f9dd1f4496f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6067,6 +6067,13 @@ int mddev_stack_new_rdev(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	if (mddev_is_dm(mddev))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (queue_logical_block_size(rdev->bdev->bd_disk->queue) >
+	    queue_logical_block_size(mddev->gendisk->queue)) {
+		pr_err("%s: incompatible logical_block_size, can not add\n",
+		       mdname(mddev));
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	lim = queue_limits_start_update(mddev->gendisk->queue);
 	queue_limits_stack_bdev(&lim, rdev->bdev, rdev->data_offset,
 				mddev->gendisk->disk_name);