diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c
index 7540383b7cf3e940baf8b5fee6f755bde0606516..2fd26b59c3eba16b91effa7d52e293d8b64b6952 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-btree-spine.c
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 #define BTREE_CSUM_XOR 121107
 
+static int node_check(struct dm_block_validator *v,
+		      struct dm_block *b,
+		      size_t block_size);
+
 static void node_prepare_for_write(struct dm_block_validator *v,
 				   struct dm_block *b,
 				   size_t block_size)
@@ -27,6 +31,8 @@ static void node_prepare_for_write(struct dm_block_validator *v,
 	h->csum = cpu_to_le32(dm_bm_checksum(&h->flags,
 					     block_size - sizeof(__le32),
 					     BTREE_CSUM_XOR));
+	if (node_check(v, b, 4096))
+		DMWARN_LIMIT("%s node_check failed", __func__);
 }
 
 static int node_check(struct dm_block_validator *v,