diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
index 929c32c6bb103c49b134d5661ba356f8601efc91..6e744a5e9f0d0caa713899e4e853229e6b25ec50 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/dir.c
@@ -419,6 +419,10 @@ static int ll_dir_setdirstripe(struct inode *parent, struct lmv_user_md *lump,
 	       PFID(ll_inode2fid(parent)), parent, dirname,
 	       (int)lump->lum_stripe_offset, lump->lum_stripe_count);
 
+	if (lump->lum_stripe_count > 1 &&
+	    !(exp_connect_flags(sbi->ll_md_exp) & OBD_CONNECT_DIR_STRIPE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (lump->lum_magic != cpu_to_le32(LMV_USER_MAGIC))
 		lustre_swab_lmv_user_md(lump);