diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 9027cf2ed1d8..155e42a26293 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -975,7 +975,8 @@ static int pblk_line_init_metadata(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	memcpy(smeta_buf->header.uuid, pblk->instance_uuid, 16);
 	smeta_buf->header.id = cpu_to_le32(line->id);
 	smeta_buf->header.type = cpu_to_le16(line->type);
-	smeta_buf->header.version = SMETA_VERSION;
+	smeta_buf->header.version_major = SMETA_VERSION_MAJOR;
+	smeta_buf->header.version_minor = SMETA_VERSION_MINOR;
 
 	/* Start metadata */
 	smeta_buf->seq_nr = cpu_to_le64(line->seq_nr);
@@ -998,6 +999,12 @@ static int pblk_line_init_metadata(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line,
 	/* End metadata */
 	memcpy(&emeta_buf->header, &smeta_buf->header,
 						sizeof(struct line_header));
+
+	emeta_buf->header.version_major = EMETA_VERSION_MAJOR;
+	emeta_buf->header.version_minor = EMETA_VERSION_MINOR;
+	emeta_buf->header.crc = cpu_to_le32(
+			pblk_calc_meta_header_crc(pblk, &emeta_buf->header));
+
 	emeta_buf->seq_nr = cpu_to_le64(line->seq_nr);
 	emeta_buf->nr_lbas = cpu_to_le64(line->sec_in_line);
 	emeta_buf->nr_valid_lbas = cpu_to_le64(0);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
index 1d5e961bf5e0..a30fe203d454 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-recovery.c
@@ -826,6 +826,25 @@ static u64 pblk_line_emeta_start(struct pblk *pblk, struct pblk_line *line)
 	return emeta_start;
 }
 
+static int pblk_recov_check_line_version(struct pblk *pblk,
+					 struct line_emeta *emeta)
+{
+	struct line_header *header = &emeta->header;
+
+	if (header->version_major != EMETA_VERSION_MAJOR) {
+		pr_err("pblk: line major version mismatch: %d, expected: %d\n",
+		       header->version_major, EMETA_VERSION_MAJOR);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+#ifdef NVM_DEBUG
+	if (header->version_minor > EMETA_VERSION_MINOR)
+		pr_info("pblk: newer line minor version found: %d\n", line_v);
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 {
 	struct pblk_line_meta *lm = &pblk->lm;
@@ -873,9 +892,9 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 		if (le32_to_cpu(smeta_buf->header.identifier) != PBLK_MAGIC)
 			continue;
 
-		if (smeta_buf->header.version != SMETA_VERSION) {
+		if (smeta_buf->header.version_major != SMETA_VERSION_MAJOR) {
 			pr_err("pblk: found incompatible line version %u\n",
-					le16_to_cpu(smeta_buf->header.version));
+					smeta_buf->header.version_major);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		}
 
@@ -943,6 +962,9 @@ struct pblk_line *pblk_recov_l2p(struct pblk *pblk)
 			goto next;
 		}
 
+		if (pblk_recov_check_line_version(pblk, line->emeta->buf))
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 		if (pblk_recov_l2p_from_emeta(pblk, line))
 			pblk_recov_l2p_from_oob(pblk, line);
 
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 8c357fb6538e..fae2526f80b2 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -320,14 +320,26 @@ enum {
 };
 
 #define PBLK_MAGIC 0x70626c6b /*pblk*/
-#define SMETA_VERSION cpu_to_le16(1)
+
+/* emeta/smeta persistent storage format versions:
+ * Changes in major version requires offline migration.
+ * Changes in minor version are handled automatically during
+ * recovery.
+ */
+
+#define SMETA_VERSION_MAJOR (0)
+#define SMETA_VERSION_MINOR (1)
+
+#define EMETA_VERSION_MAJOR (0)
+#define EMETA_VERSION_MINOR (1)
 
 struct line_header {
 	__le32 crc;
 	__le32 identifier;	/* pblk identifier */
 	__u8 uuid[16];		/* instance uuid */
 	__le16 type;		/* line type */
-	__le16 version;		/* type version */
+	__u8 version_major;	/* version major */
+	__u8 version_minor;	/* version minor */
 	__le32 id;		/* line id for current line */
 };