diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
index a0901214aef57de00419a14c573bc128431749c7..52532745a50f85d6eb765d8d6fcaa838301334b6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid.c
@@ -1037,6 +1037,11 @@ static int super_validate(struct raid_set *rs, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 	if (!mddev->events && super_init_validation(mddev, rdev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (le32_to_cpu(sb->features)) {
+		rs->ti->error = "Unable to assemble array: No feature flags supported yet";
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Enable bitmap creation for RAID levels != 0 */
 	mddev->bitmap_info.offset = (rs->raid_type->level) ? to_sector(4096) : 0;
 	rdev->mddev->bitmap_info.default_offset = mddev->bitmap_info.offset;
@@ -1718,7 +1723,7 @@ static void raid_resume(struct dm_target *ti)
 
 static struct target_type raid_target = {
 	.name = "raid",
-	.version = {1, 7, 0},
+	.version = {1, 8, 0},
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr = raid_ctr,
 	.dtr = raid_dtr,