diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 138200bf5e0befa90ff67d7ac50c231313f94380..be730fdd48304b67b19c0c8c742fcd472fef7761 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -1250,21 +1250,17 @@ static int target_message(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size)
 	if (!table)
 		goto out_argv;
 
-	if (tmsg->sector >= dm_table_get_size(table)) {
+	ti = dm_table_find_target(table, tmsg->sector);
+	if (!dm_target_is_valid(ti)) {
 		DMWARN("Target message sector outside device.");
 		r = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_table;
-	}
-
-	ti = dm_table_find_target(table, tmsg->sector);
-	if (ti->type->message)
+	} else if (ti->type->message)
 		r = ti->type->message(ti, argc, argv);
 	else {
 		DMWARN("Target type does not support messages");
 		r = -EINVAL;
 	}
 
- out_table:
 	dm_table_put(table);
  out_argv:
 	kfree(argv);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index e298d8d11f24bb1892d959833dbd84cf4f9e16e6..f3f952e347ed99cb6dad3aeddccffd5245ba4985 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -189,8 +189,10 @@ static int alloc_targets(struct dm_table *t, unsigned int num)
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate both the target array and offset array at once.
+	 * Append an empty entry to catch sectors beyond the end of
+	 * the device.
 	 */
-	n_highs = (sector_t *) dm_vcalloc(num, sizeof(struct dm_target) +
+	n_highs = (sector_t *) dm_vcalloc(num + 1, sizeof(struct dm_target) +
 					  sizeof(sector_t));
 	if (!n_highs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -867,6 +869,9 @@ struct dm_target *dm_table_get_target(struct dm_table *t, unsigned int index)
 
 /*
  * Search the btree for the correct target.
+ *
+ * Caller should check returned pointer with dm_target_is_valid()
+ * to trap I/O beyond end of device.
  */
 struct dm_target *dm_table_find_target(struct dm_table *t, sector_t sector)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 07cbbb8eb3e0d5d67f5c7bed7ea399f6636e5954..cff2a714c107a33c09eb22369d2394fc14683a9c 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -672,13 +672,19 @@ static struct bio *clone_bio(struct bio *bio, sector_t sector,
 	return clone;
 }
 
-static void __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
+static int __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
 {
 	struct bio *clone, *bio = ci->bio;
-	struct dm_target *ti = dm_table_find_target(ci->map, ci->sector);
-	sector_t len = 0, max = max_io_len(ci->md, ci->sector, ti);
+	struct dm_target *ti;
+	sector_t len = 0, max;
 	struct dm_target_io *tio;
 
+	ti = dm_table_find_target(ci->map, ci->sector);
+	if (!dm_target_is_valid(ti))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	max = max_io_len(ci->md, ci->sector, ti);
+
 	/*
 	 * Allocate a target io object.
 	 */
@@ -736,6 +742,9 @@ static void __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
 		do {
 			if (offset) {
 				ti = dm_table_find_target(ci->map, ci->sector);
+				if (!dm_target_is_valid(ti))
+					return -EIO;
+
 				max = max_io_len(ci->md, ci->sector, ti);
 
 				tio = alloc_tio(ci->md);
@@ -759,6 +768,8 @@ static void __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
 
 		ci->idx++;
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -767,6 +778,7 @@ static void __clone_and_map(struct clone_info *ci)
 static int __split_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct clone_info ci;
+	int error = 0;
 
 	ci.map = dm_get_table(md);
 	if (unlikely(!ci.map))
@@ -784,11 +796,11 @@ static int __split_bio(struct mapped_device *md, struct bio *bio)
 	ci.idx = bio->bi_idx;
 
 	start_io_acct(ci.io);
-	while (ci.sector_count)
-		__clone_and_map(&ci);
+	while (ci.sector_count && !error)
+		error = __clone_and_map(&ci);
 
 	/* drop the extra reference count */
-	dec_pending(ci.io, 0);
+	dec_pending(ci.io, error);
 	dm_table_put(ci.map);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index 4b3faa45277ec81666876110423c9c0f1cb8954e..177297a88ebda3004dcfe17d3c0b0e1495270416 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ int dm_table_resume_targets(struct dm_table *t);
 int dm_table_any_congested(struct dm_table *t, int bdi_bits);
 void dm_table_unplug_all(struct dm_table *t);
 
+/*
+ * To check the return value from dm_table_find_target().
+ */
+#define dm_target_is_valid(t) ((t)->table)
+
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------
  * A registry of target types.
  *---------------------------------------------------------------*/