diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 948344531baf2..702a7d2c7e1ef 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1168,6 +1168,8 @@ static int super_90_validate(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 			mddev->new_layout = mddev->layout;
 			mddev->new_chunk_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
 		}
+		if (mddev->level == 0)
+			mddev->layout = -1;
 
 		if (sb->state & (1<<MD_SB_CLEAN))
 			mddev->recovery_cp = MaxSector;
@@ -1584,6 +1586,10 @@ static int super_1_load(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct md_rdev *refdev, int minor_
 		rdev->ppl.sector = rdev->sb_start + rdev->ppl.offset;
 	}
 
+	if ((le32_to_cpu(sb->feature_map) & MD_FEATURE_RAID0_LAYOUT) &&
+	    sb->level != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!refdev) {
 		ret = 1;
 	} else {
@@ -1694,6 +1700,10 @@ static int super_1_validate(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev)
 			mddev->new_chunk_sectors = mddev->chunk_sectors;
 		}
 
+		if (mddev->level == 0 &&
+		    !(le32_to_cpu(sb->feature_map) & MD_FEATURE_RAID0_LAYOUT))
+			mddev->layout = -1;
+
 		if (le32_to_cpu(sb->feature_map) & MD_FEATURE_JOURNAL)
 			set_bit(MD_HAS_JOURNAL, &mddev->flags);
 
@@ -6757,6 +6767,9 @@ static int set_array_info(struct mddev *mddev, mdu_array_info_t *info)
 	mddev->external	     = 0;
 
 	mddev->layout        = info->layout;
+	if (mddev->level == 0)
+		/* Cannot trust RAID0 layout info here */
+		mddev->layout = -1;
 	mddev->chunk_sectors = info->chunk_size >> 9;
 
 	if (mddev->persistent) {
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index cdafa5e0ea6db..e179c121c0300 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ static int create_strip_zones(struct mddev *mddev, struct r0conf **private_conf)
 
 	if (conf->nr_strip_zones == 1) {
 		conf->layout = RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT;
+	} else if (mddev->layout == RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT ||
+		   mddev->layout == RAID0_ALT_MULTIZONE_LAYOUT) {
+		conf->layout = mddev->layout;
 	} else if (default_layout == RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT ||
 		   default_layout == RAID0_ALT_MULTIZONE_LAYOUT) {
 		conf->layout = default_layout;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
index b0d15c73f6d75..1f2d8c81f0e0c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/raid/md_p.h
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ struct mdp_superblock_1 {
 #define	MD_FEATURE_JOURNAL		512 /* support write cache */
 #define	MD_FEATURE_PPL			1024 /* support PPL */
 #define	MD_FEATURE_MULTIPLE_PPLS	2048 /* support for multiple PPLs */
+#define	MD_FEATURE_RAID0_LAYOUT		4096 /* layout is meaningful for RAID0 */
 #define	MD_FEATURE_ALL			(MD_FEATURE_BITMAP_OFFSET	\
 					|MD_FEATURE_RECOVERY_OFFSET	\
 					|MD_FEATURE_RESHAPE_ACTIVE	\
@@ -341,6 +342,7 @@ struct mdp_superblock_1 {
 					|MD_FEATURE_JOURNAL		\
 					|MD_FEATURE_PPL			\
 					|MD_FEATURE_MULTIPLE_PPLS	\
+					|MD_FEATURE_RAID0_LAYOUT	\
 					)
 
 struct r5l_payload_header {