diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
index cc70871a6d298a..ae3158795d26bd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ static int delay_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 static struct target_type delay_target = {
 	.name	     = "delay",
 	.version     = {1, 2, 1},
+	.features    = DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY,
 	.module      = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr	     = delay_ctr,
 	.dtr	     = delay_dtr,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index 4788b0b989a9ba..ffa0c9c5968a38 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ static long linear_direct_access(struct dm_target *ti, sector_t sector,
 static struct target_type linear_target = {
 	.name   = "linear",
 	.version = {1, 3, 0},
+	.features = DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY,
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr    = linear_ctr,
 	.dtr    = linear_dtr,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index 28193a57bf471e..d7e1b86e7570b1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ static void stripe_io_hints(struct dm_target *ti,
 static struct target_type stripe_target = {
 	.name   = "striped",
 	.version = {1, 6, 0},
+	.features = DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY,
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr    = stripe_ctr,
 	.dtr    = stripe_dtr,
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index 7fb29db478cdc7..c68757f94e164a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -1135,6 +1135,13 @@ static struct gendisk * dm_table_get_integrity_disk(struct dm_table *t)
 	struct list_head *devices = dm_table_get_devices(t);
 	struct dm_dev_internal *dd = NULL;
 	struct gendisk *prev_disk = NULL, *template_disk = NULL;
+	unsigned i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dm_table_get_num_targets(t); i++) {
+		struct dm_target *ti = dm_table_get_target(t, i);
+		if (!dm_target_passes_integrity(ti->type))
+			goto no_integrity;
+	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry(dd, devices, list) {
 		template_disk = dd->dm_dev->bdev->bd_disk;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index f4ffd1eb8f44c3..e602ae0d5d755d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1089,8 +1089,18 @@ static int clone_bio(struct dm_target_io *tio, struct bio *bio,
 
 	__bio_clone_fast(clone, bio);
 
-	if (bio_integrity(bio)) {
-		int r = bio_integrity_clone(clone, bio, GFP_NOIO);
+	if (unlikely(bio_integrity(bio) != NULL)) {
+		int r;
+
+		if (unlikely(!dm_target_has_integrity(tio->ti->type) &&
+			     !dm_target_passes_integrity(tio->ti->type))) {
+			DMWARN("%s: the target %s doesn't support integrity data.",
+				dm_device_name(tio->io->md),
+				tio->ti->type->name);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+
+		r = bio_integrity_clone(clone, bio, GFP_NOIO);
 		if (r < 0)
 			return r;
 	}
@@ -1098,7 +1108,7 @@ static int clone_bio(struct dm_target_io *tio, struct bio *bio,
 	bio_advance(clone, to_bytes(sector - clone->bi_iter.bi_sector));
 	clone->bi_iter.bi_size = to_bytes(len);
 
-	if (bio_integrity(bio))
+	if (unlikely(bio_integrity(bio) != NULL))
 		bio_integrity_trim(clone, 0, len);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 874462153f143e..98f981026e4e0c 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ typedef unsigned (*dm_num_write_bios_fn) (struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio)
 #define DM_TARGET_INTEGRITY		0x00000010
 #define dm_target_has_integrity(type)	((type)->features & DM_TARGET_INTEGRITY)
 
+/*
+ * A target passes integrity data to the lower device.
+ */
+#define DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY	0x00000020
+#define dm_target_passes_integrity(type) ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_PASSES_INTEGRITY)
+
 struct dm_target {
 	struct dm_table *table;
 	struct target_type *type;