diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index a29187d1fcf5..be2014f6e37b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -3520,17 +3520,12 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		/*
-		 * chunk-size has to be a power of 2 and multiples of PAGE_SIZE
+		 * chunk-size has to be a power of 2
 		 */
 		if ( (1 << ffz(~chunk_size)) != chunk_size) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "chunk_size of %d not valid\n", chunk_size);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		if (chunk_size < PAGE_SIZE) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "too small chunk_size: %d < %ld\n",
-				chunk_size, PAGE_SIZE);
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
 
 		/* devices must have minimum size of one chunk */
 		rdev_for_each(rdev, tmp, mddev) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 8bdc9bfc2887..e3794799f308 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -2028,8 +2028,9 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 	int nc, fc, fo;
 	sector_t stride, size;
 
-	if (mddev->chunk_size == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "md/raid10: non-zero chunk size required.\n");
+	if (mddev->chunk_size < PAGE_SIZE) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "md/raid10: chunk size must be "
+		       "at least PAGE_SIZE(%ld).\n", PAGE_SIZE);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index d72be4b89e64..a36a7435edf5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4007,6 +4007,13 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	if (mddev->chunk_size < PAGE_SIZE) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "md/raid5: chunk_size must be at least "
+		       "PAGE_SIZE but %d < %ld\n",
+		       mddev->chunk_size, PAGE_SIZE);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
 		/* Check that we can continue the reshape.
 		 * Currently only disks can change, it must