diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
index 81df019ab284a031218f66fcbbe881be82fef634..cce203adcf777665902911848f24202fd712ffbf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-integrity.c
@@ -4235,6 +4235,12 @@ static int dm_integrity_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 			r = -ENOMEM;
 			goto bad;
 		}
+	} else {
+		if (ic->sb->flags & cpu_to_le32(SB_FLAG_RECALCULATING)) {
+			ti->error = "Recalculate can only be specified with internal_hash";
+			r = -EINVAL;
+			goto bad;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ic->bufio = dm_bufio_client_create(ic->meta_dev ? ic->meta_dev->bdev : ic->dev->bdev,