diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.c b/drivers/md/raid0.c
index bc422eae2c953e863977d9c496754d32d230d499..ec611abda835c1770fcac4cfdb3c9f733f3c987e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include "raid0.h"
 #include "raid5.h"
 
+static int default_layout = 0;
+module_param(default_layout, int, 0644);
+
 #define UNSUPPORTED_MDDEV_FLAGS		\
 	((1L << MD_HAS_JOURNAL) |	\
 	 (1L << MD_JOURNAL_CLEAN) |	\
@@ -139,6 +142,19 @@ static int create_strip_zones(struct mddev *mddev, struct r0conf **private_conf)
 	}
 	pr_debug("md/raid0:%s: FINAL %d zones\n",
 		 mdname(mddev), conf->nr_strip_zones);
+
+	if (conf->nr_strip_zones == 1) {
+		conf->layout = RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT;
+	} else if (default_layout == RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT ||
+		   default_layout == RAID0_ALT_MULTIZONE_LAYOUT) {
+		conf->layout = default_layout;
+	} else {
+		pr_err("md/raid0:%s: cannot assemble multi-zone RAID0 with default_layout setting\n",
+		       mdname(mddev));
+		pr_err("md/raid0: please set raid.default_layout to 1 or 2\n");
+		err = -ENOTSUPP;
+		goto abort;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * now since we have the hard sector sizes, we can make sure
 	 * chunk size is a multiple of that sector size
@@ -547,10 +563,12 @@ static void raid0_handle_discard(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 
 static bool raid0_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 {
+	struct r0conf *conf = mddev->private;
 	struct strip_zone *zone;
 	struct md_rdev *tmp_dev;
 	sector_t bio_sector;
 	sector_t sector;
+	sector_t orig_sector;
 	unsigned chunk_sects;
 	unsigned sectors;
 
@@ -584,8 +602,20 @@ static bool raid0_make_request(struct mddev *mddev, struct bio *bio)
 		bio = split;
 	}
 
+	orig_sector = sector;
 	zone = find_zone(mddev->private, &sector);
-	tmp_dev = map_sector(mddev, zone, sector, &sector);
+	switch (conf->layout) {
+	case RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT:
+		tmp_dev = map_sector(mddev, zone, orig_sector, &sector);
+		break;
+	case RAID0_ALT_MULTIZONE_LAYOUT:
+		tmp_dev = map_sector(mddev, zone, sector, &sector);
+		break;
+	default:
+		WARN("md/raid0:%s: Invalid layout\n", mdname(mddev));
+		bio_io_error(bio);
+		return true;
+	}
 
 	if (unlikely(is_mddev_broken(tmp_dev, "raid0"))) {
 		bio_io_error(bio);
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid0.h b/drivers/md/raid0.h
index 540e65d92642d8427fbe3af4d5960834cc967a74..3816e5477db1e743afeaf707c1971f1dbdce1901 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid0.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid0.h
@@ -8,11 +8,25 @@ struct strip_zone {
 	int	 nb_dev;	/* # of devices attached to the zone */
 };
 
+/* Linux 3.14 (20d0189b101) made an unintended change to
+ * the RAID0 layout for multi-zone arrays (where devices aren't all
+ * the same size.
+ * RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT restores the original layout
+ * RAID0_ALT_MULTIZONE_LAYOUT uses the altered layout
+ * The layouts are identical when there is only one zone (all
+ * devices the same size).
+ */
+
+enum r0layout {
+	RAID0_ORIG_LAYOUT = 1,
+	RAID0_ALT_MULTIZONE_LAYOUT = 2,
+};
 struct r0conf {
 	struct strip_zone	*strip_zone;
 	struct md_rdev		**devlist; /* lists of rdevs, pointed to
 					    * by strip_zone->dev */
 	int			nr_strip_zones;
+	enum r0layout		layout;
 };
 
 #endif