diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index fcd098794d37d16c7b48b12c54b5ba6f5e6ba60e..3f6203a4c7ea0dd730b80a6b441b99e8a4da3216 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1108,8 +1108,11 @@ static int super_90_load(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct md_rdev *refdev, int minor
 			ret = 0;
 	}
 	rdev->sectors = rdev->sb_start;
-	/* Limit to 4TB as metadata cannot record more than that */
-	if (rdev->sectors >= (2ULL << 32))
+	/* Limit to 4TB as metadata cannot record more than that.
+	 * (not needed for Linear and RAID0 as metadata doesn't
+	 * record this size)
+	 */
+	if (rdev->sectors >= (2ULL << 32) && sb->level >= 1)
 		rdev->sectors = (2ULL << 32) - 2;
 
 	if (rdev->sectors < ((sector_t)sb->size) * 2 && sb->level >= 1)
@@ -1400,7 +1403,7 @@ super_90_rdev_size_change(struct md_rdev *rdev, sector_t num_sectors)
 	/* Limit to 4TB as metadata cannot record more than that.
 	 * 4TB == 2^32 KB, or 2*2^32 sectors.
 	 */
-	if (num_sectors >= (2ULL << 32))
+	if (num_sectors >= (2ULL << 32) && rdev->mddev->level >= 1)
 		num_sectors = (2ULL << 32) - 2;
 	md_super_write(rdev->mddev, rdev, rdev->sb_start, rdev->sb_size,
 		       rdev->sb_page);