diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index 17753d80ad22..6449bcdf84ca 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -69,13 +69,25 @@ static void linear_dtr(struct dm_target *ti)
 	kfree(lc);
 }
 
+static sector_t linear_map_sector(struct dm_target *ti, sector_t bi_sector)
+{
+	struct linear_c *lc = ti->private;
+
+	return lc->start + (bi_sector - ti->begin);
+}
+
+static void linear_map_bio(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio)
+{
+	struct linear_c *lc = ti->private;
+
+	bio->bi_bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
+	bio->bi_sector = linear_map_sector(ti, bio->bi_sector);
+}
+
 static int linear_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 		      union map_info *map_context)
 {
-	struct linear_c *lc = (struct linear_c *) ti->private;
-
-	bio->bi_bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
-	bio->bi_sector = lc->start + (bio->bi_sector - ti->begin);
+	linear_map_bio(ti, bio);
 
 	return DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
 }
@@ -114,15 +126,31 @@ static int linear_ioctl(struct dm_target *ti, struct inode *inode,
 	return blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, &fake_file, bdev->bd_disk, cmd, arg);
 }
 
+static int linear_merge(struct dm_target *ti, struct bvec_merge_data *bvm,
+			struct bio_vec *biovec, int max_size)
+{
+	struct linear_c *lc = ti->private;
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(lc->dev->bdev);
+
+	if (!q->merge_bvec_fn)
+		return max_size;
+
+	bvm->bi_bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
+	bvm->bi_sector = linear_map_sector(ti, bvm->bi_sector);
+
+	return min(max_size, q->merge_bvec_fn(q, bvm, biovec));
+}
+
 static struct target_type linear_target = {
 	.name   = "linear",
-	.version= {1, 0, 2},
+	.version= {1, 0, 3},
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr    = linear_ctr,
 	.dtr    = linear_dtr,
 	.map    = linear_map,
 	.status = linear_status,
 	.ioctl  = linear_ioctl,
+	.merge  = linear_merge,
 };
 
 int __init dm_linear_init(void)