diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index 81df019ab284..cce203adcf77 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -4235,6 +4235,12 @@ try_smaller_buffer:
 			r = -ENOMEM;
 			goto bad;
 		}
+	} else {
+		if (ic->sb->flags & cpu_to_le32(SB_FLAG_RECALCULATING)) {
+			ti->error = "Recalculate can only be specified with internal_hash";
+			r = -EINVAL;
+			goto bad;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ic->bufio = dm_bufio_client_create(ic->meta_dev ? ic->meta_dev->bdev : ic->dev->bdev,