diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 075747e25f77c9206a957b33d26e5d3ba638f0ca..e08be94959fd4b0dc61a0211d509f8adb20d1d39 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -1299,8 +1299,17 @@ static int do_end_io(struct multipath *m, struct request *clone,
 	if (!error && !clone->errors)
 		return 0;	/* I/O complete */
 
-	if (noretry_error(error))
+	if (noretry_error(error)) {
+		if ((clone->cmd_flags & REQ_WRITE_SAME) &&
+		    !clone->q->limits.max_write_same_sectors) {
+			struct queue_limits *limits;
+
+			/* device doesn't really support WRITE SAME, disable it */
+			limits = dm_get_queue_limits(dm_table_get_md(m->ti->table));
+			limits->max_write_same_sectors = 0;
+		}
 		return error;
+	}
 
 	if (mpio->pgpath)
 		fail_path(mpio->pgpath);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 6a5e9ed2fcc3eb775268e2e5fc401efa55d6da3d..7b0ccdc5d65c4c34ef9a32888582db75c65da3e0 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2277,6 +2277,17 @@ struct target_type *dm_get_immutable_target_type(struct mapped_device *md)
 	return md->immutable_target_type;
 }
 
+/*
+ * The queue_limits are only valid as long as you have a reference
+ * count on 'md'.
+ */
+struct queue_limits *dm_get_queue_limits(struct mapped_device *md)
+{
+	BUG_ON(!atomic_read(&md->holders));
+	return &md->queue->limits;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_get_queue_limits);
+
 /*
  * Fully initialize a request-based queue (->elevator, ->request_fn, etc).
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 653073de09e379ef1c8b04c1a96d0ef2c948f5a3..ed419c62dde1876f4561179b6b4bc3052a50ed14 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -406,13 +406,14 @@ int dm_noflush_suspending(struct dm_target *ti);
 union map_info *dm_get_mapinfo(struct bio *bio);
 union map_info *dm_get_rq_mapinfo(struct request *rq);
 
+struct queue_limits *dm_get_queue_limits(struct mapped_device *md);
+
 /*
  * Geometry functions.
  */
 int dm_get_geometry(struct mapped_device *md, struct hd_geometry *geo);
 int dm_set_geometry(struct mapped_device *md, struct hd_geometry *geo);
 
-
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
  * Functions for manipulating device-mapper tables.
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/