diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 48b5890c28e3..e9d3ee703e6d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -613,12 +613,10 @@ re_read:
 	daemon_sleep = le32_to_cpu(sb->daemon_sleep) * HZ;
 	write_behind = le32_to_cpu(sb->write_behind);
 	sectors_reserved = le32_to_cpu(sb->sectors_reserved);
-	/* XXX: This is a hack to ensure that we don't use clustering
-	 *  in case:
-	 *	- dm-raid is in use and
-	 *	- the nodes written in bitmap_sb is erroneous.
+	/* Setup nodes/clustername only if bitmap version is
+	 * cluster-compatible
 	 */
-	if (!bitmap->mddev->sync_super) {
+	if (sb->version == cpu_to_le32(BITMAP_MAJOR_CLUSTERED)) {
 		nodes = le32_to_cpu(sb->nodes);
 		strlcpy(bitmap->mddev->bitmap_info.cluster_name,
 				sb->cluster_name, 64);
@@ -628,7 +626,7 @@ re_read:
 	if (sb->magic != cpu_to_le32(BITMAP_MAGIC))
 		reason = "bad magic";
 	else if (le32_to_cpu(sb->version) < BITMAP_MAJOR_LO ||
-		 le32_to_cpu(sb->version) > BITMAP_MAJOR_HI)
+		 le32_to_cpu(sb->version) > BITMAP_MAJOR_CLUSTERED)
 		reason = "unrecognized superblock version";
 	else if (chunksize < 512)
 		reason = "bitmap chunksize too small";
diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.h b/drivers/md/bitmap.h
index f1f4dd01090d..8731fa06855f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.h
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 #define BITMAP_MAJOR_LO 3
 /* version 4 insists the bitmap is in little-endian order
  * with version 3, it is host-endian which is non-portable
+ * Version 5 is currently set only for clustered devices
  */
 #define BITMAP_MAJOR_HI 4
+#define BITMAP_MAJOR_CLUSTERED 5
 #define	BITMAP_MAJOR_HOSTENDIAN 3
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index c702de18207a..1e1bdd86f40c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1735,6 +1735,9 @@ static void super_1_sync(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (mddev_is_clustered(mddev))
+		sb->feature_map |= cpu_to_le32(MD_FEATURE_CLUSTERED);
+
 	if (rdev->badblocks.count == 0)
 		/* Nothing to do for bad blocks*/ ;
 	else if (sb->bblog_offset == 0)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
index 2ae6131e69a5..867ee874fa80 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ struct mdp_superblock_1 {
 #define	MD_FEATURE_RECOVERY_BITMAP	128 /* recovery that is happening
 					     * is guided by bitmap.
 					     */
+#define MD_FEATURE_CLUSTERED		256 /* clustered MD */
 #define	MD_FEATURE_ALL			(MD_FEATURE_BITMAP_OFFSET	\
 					|MD_FEATURE_RECOVERY_OFFSET	\
 					|MD_FEATURE_RESHAPE_ACTIVE	\
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@ struct mdp_superblock_1 {
 					|MD_FEATURE_RESHAPE_BACKWARDS	\
 					|MD_FEATURE_NEW_OFFSET		\
 					|MD_FEATURE_RECOVERY_BITMAP	\
+					|MD_FEATURE_CLUSTERED		\
 					)
 
 #endif