diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index 4ead4ba..d2899e7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -425,6 +425,15 @@
 
 	disk_super = dm_block_data(sblock);
 
+	/* Verify the data block size hasn't changed */
+	if (le32_to_cpu(disk_super->data_block_size) != cmd->data_block_size) {
+		DMERR("changing the data block size (from %u to %llu) is not supported",
+		      le32_to_cpu(disk_super->data_block_size),
+		      (unsigned long long)cmd->data_block_size);
+		r = -EINVAL;
+		goto bad;
+	}
+
 	r = __check_incompat_features(disk_super, cmd);
 	if (r < 0)
 		goto bad;