diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 92c64d1..2101483 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 	struct linear_conf *conf;
 	struct md_rdev *rdev;
 	int i, cnt;
+	bool discard_supported = false;
 
 	conf = kzalloc (sizeof (*conf) + raid_disks*sizeof(struct dev_info),
 			GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -171,6 +172,8 @@
 		conf->array_sectors += rdev->sectors;
 		cnt++;
 
+		if (blk_queue_discard(bdev_get_queue(rdev->bdev)))
+			discard_supported = true;
 	}
 	if (cnt != raid_disks) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "md/linear:%s: not enough drives present. Aborting!\n",
@@ -178,6 +181,11 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (!discard_supported)
+		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, mddev->queue);
+	else
+		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, mddev->queue);
+
 	/*
 	 * Here we calculate the device offsets.
 	 */
@@ -331,6 +339,14 @@
 	bio->bi_sector = bio->bi_sector - start_sector
 		+ tmp_dev->rdev->data_offset;
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (unlikely((bio->bi_rw & REQ_DISCARD) &&
+		     !blk_queue_discard(bdev_get_queue(bio->bi_bdev)))) {
+		/* Just ignore it */
+		bio_endio(bio, 0);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	generic_make_request(bio);
 }