diff --git a/Assemble.c b/Assemble.c
index 63e09ac..aca28be 100644
--- a/Assemble.c
+++ b/Assemble.c
@@ -1001,6 +1001,22 @@ static int start_array(int mdfd,
 					content->array.raid_disks);
 			fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 		}
+
+		if (st->ss->validate_container) {
+			struct mdinfo *devices_list;
+			struct mdinfo *info_devices = xmalloc(sizeof(struct mdinfo)*(okcnt+sparecnt));
+			unsigned int count;
+			devices_list = NULL;
+			for (count = 0; count < okcnt+sparecnt; count++) {
+				info_devices[count] = devices[count].i;
+				info_devices[count].next = devices_list;
+				devices_list = &info_devices[count];
+			}
+			if (st->ss->validate_container(devices_list))
+				pr_err("Mismatch detected!\n");
+			free(info_devices);
+		}
+
 		st->ss->free_super(st);
 		sysfs_uevent(content, "change");
 		if (err_ok && okcnt < (unsigned)content->array.raid_disks)
diff --git a/mdadm.h b/mdadm.h
index c0726bf..914d67c 100644
--- a/mdadm.h
+++ b/mdadm.h
@@ -960,6 +960,9 @@ extern struct superswitch {
 	/* for external backup area */
 	int (*recover_backup)(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info);
 
+	/* validate container after assemble */
+	int (*validate_container)(struct mdinfo *info);
+
 	int swapuuid; /* true if uuid is bigending rather than hostendian */
 	int external;
 	const char *name; /* canonical metadata name */
diff --git a/platform-intel.h b/platform-intel.h
index bcd84b7..8226be3 100644
--- a/platform-intel.h
+++ b/platform-intel.h
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ struct sys_dev *find_intel_devices(void);
 const struct imsm_orom *find_imsm_capability(enum sys_dev_type hba_id);
 const struct imsm_orom *find_imsm_orom(void);
 int disk_attached_to_hba(int fd, const char *hba_path);
+int devt_attached_to_hba(dev_t dev, const char *hba_path);
 char *devt_to_devpath(dev_t dev);
 int path_attached_to_hba(const char *disk_path, const char *hba_path);
 const char *get_sys_dev_type(enum sys_dev_type);
diff --git a/super-intel.c b/super-intel.c
index 0106b4f..7734bde 100644
--- a/super-intel.c
+++ b/super-intel.c
@@ -10484,6 +10484,48 @@ abort:
 
 	return ret_val;
 }
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Function:	validate_container_imsm
+ * Description: This routine validates container after assemble,
+ *		eg. if devices in container are under the same controller.
+ *
+ * Parameters:
+ *	info	: linked list with info about devices used in array
+ * Returns:
+ *	1 : HBA mismatch
+ *	0 : Success
+ ******************************************************************************/
+int validate_container_imsm(struct mdinfo *info)
+{
+	if (!check_env("IMSM_NO_PLATFORM")) {
+		struct sys_dev *idev;
+		struct mdinfo *dev;
+		char *hba_path = NULL;
+		char *dev_path = devt_to_devpath(makedev(info->disk.major,
+										info->disk.minor));
+
+		for (idev = find_intel_devices(); idev; idev = idev->next) {
+			if (strstr(dev_path, idev->path)) {
+				hba_path = idev->path;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		free(dev_path);
+
+		if (hba_path) {
+			for (dev = info->next; dev; dev = dev->next) {
+				if (!devt_attached_to_hba(makedev(dev->disk.major,
+						dev->disk.minor), hba_path)) {
+					pr_err("WARNING - IMSM container assembled with disks under different HBAs!\n"
+						"       This operation is not supported and can lead to data loss.\n");
+					return 1;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* MDASSEMBLE */
 
 struct superswitch super_imsm = {
@@ -10527,6 +10569,7 @@ struct superswitch super_imsm = {
 	.free_super	= free_super_imsm,
 	.match_metadata_desc = match_metadata_desc_imsm,
 	.container_content = container_content_imsm,
+	.validate_container = validate_container_imsm,
 
 	.external	= 1,
 	.name = "imsm",