diff --git a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
index 1f3c8f3..66700e2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md-cluster.c
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 	wait_for_completion(&cinfo->completion);
+	if (nodes <= cinfo->slot_number) {
+		pr_err("md-cluster: Slot allotted(%d) greater than available slots(%d)", cinfo->slot_number - 1,
+			nodes);
+		ret = -ERANGE;
+		goto err;
+	}
 	cinfo->sb_lock = lockres_init(mddev, "cmd-super",
 					NULL, 0);
 	if (!cinfo->sb_lock) {