diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 3d6357f8fc04..f280664a8b32 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1914,6 +1914,13 @@ static int super_1_load(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct md_rdev *refdev, int minor_
 				  rdev->bb_page, REQ_OP_READ, true))
 			return -EIO;
 		bbp = (__le64 *)page_address(rdev->bb_page);
+
+		/* check for badblocks api. */
+		if (sb->bblog_shift >= BITS_PER_TYPE(sector_t)) {
+			pr_err("md: %pg: bogus bblog_shift %u for badblocks.\n",
+			       rdev->bdev, sb->bblog_shift);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 		rdev->badblocks.shift = sb->bblog_shift;
 		for (i = 0 ; i < (sectors << (9-3)) ; i++, bbp++) {
 			u64 bb = le64_to_cpu(*bbp);