diff --git a/drivers/md/md-linear.c b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
index 5d9b08115375..30ac29b990c9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-linear.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static int linear_set_limits(struct mddev *mddev)
 	lim.max_hw_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
 	lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
 	lim.io_min = mddev->chunk_sectors << 9;
+	lim.features |= BLK_FEAT_ATOMIC_WRITES;
 	err = mddev_stack_rdev_limits(mddev, &lim, MDDEV_STACK_INTEGRITY);
 	if (err)
 		return err;