diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index ea5e878a30b9..d907ca6227ce 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int get_stripe(struct dm_target *ti, struct stripe_c *sc,
 static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	struct stripe_c *sc;
-	sector_t width;
+	sector_t width, tmp_len;
 	uint32_t stripes;
 	uint32_t chunk_size;
 	int r;
@@ -116,18 +116,19 @@ static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	width = ti->len;
-	if (sector_div(width, chunk_size)) {
-		ti->error = "Target length not divisible by "
-		    "chunk size";
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (sector_div(width, stripes)) {
 		ti->error = "Target length not divisible by "
 		    "number of stripes";
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	tmp_len = width;
+	if (sector_div(tmp_len, chunk_size)) {
+		ti->error = "Target length not divisible by "
+		    "chunk size";
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Do we have enough arguments for that many stripes ?
 	 */