diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
index 1dd9298cb0e0..7bce58278845 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ struct bcache_device {
 #define BCACHE_DEV_WB_RUNNING		3
 #define BCACHE_DEV_RATE_DW_RUNNING	4
 	int			nr_stripes;
+#define BCH_MIN_STRIPE_SZ		((4 << 20) >> SECTOR_SHIFT)
 	unsigned int		stripe_size;
 	atomic_t		*stripe_sectors_dirty;
 	unsigned long		*full_dirty_stripes;
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 6afaa5e85283..d5f57a9551dd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -822,6 +822,8 @@ static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned int block_size,
 
 	if (!d->stripe_size)
 		d->stripe_size = 1 << 31;
+	else if (d->stripe_size < BCH_MIN_STRIPE_SZ)
+		d->stripe_size = roundup(BCH_MIN_STRIPE_SZ, d->stripe_size);
 
 	n = DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL(sectors, d->stripe_size);
 	if (!n || n > max_stripes) {