diff --git a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-common.c b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-common.c
index 499bc8fa..9c5b993a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-common.c
+++ b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-common.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <blockdev/utils.h>
 #include <libdevmapper.h>
 
 #include "lvm.h"
@@ -223,6 +224,19 @@ void bd_lvm_lvdata_free (BDLVMLVdata *data) {
     g_free (data);
 }
 
+/* Valid vdo_index_memory_size_mb values: 256, 512, 768, or any multiple of 1024 */
+void _lvm_check_vdo_index_memory (guint64 index_memory) {
+    guint64 index_memory_mb = index_memory / (1024 * 1024);
+
+    if (index_memory_mb != 256 && index_memory_mb != 512 && index_memory_mb != 768 &&
+        (index_memory_mb < 1024 || index_memory_mb % 1024 != 0))
+        bd_utils_log_format (BD_UTILS_LOG_WARNING,
+                             "VDO index memory size %"G_GUINT64_FORMAT" MiB is not a valid value, "
+                             "it will be rounded by LVM. "
+                             "Valid values are 256, 512, 768, or a multiple of 1024.",
+                             index_memory_mb);
+}
+
 BDLVMVDOPooldata* bd_lvm_vdopooldata_copy (BDLVMVDOPooldata *data) {
     if (data == NULL)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c
index 0b2eb3eb..9e09b010 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c
+++ b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-dbus.c
@@ -3774,6 +3774,9 @@ gboolean bd_lvm_vdo_pool_create (const gchar *vg_name, const gchar *lv_name, con
     extra_params = g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
     g_variant_builder_clear (&builder);
 
+    if (index_memory != 0)
+        _lvm_check_vdo_index_memory (index_memory);
+
     /* index_memory and write_policy can be specified only using the config */
     g_mutex_lock (&global_config_lock);
     old_config = global_config_str;
@@ -3998,6 +4001,9 @@ gboolean bd_lvm_vdo_pool_convert (const gchar *vg_name, const gchar *pool_lv, co
     extra_params = g_variant_builder_end (&builder);
     g_variant_builder_clear (&builder);
 
+    if (index_memory != 0)
+        _lvm_check_vdo_index_memory (index_memory);
+
     /* index_memory and write_policy can be specified only using the config */
     g_mutex_lock (&global_config_lock);
     old_config = global_config_str;
diff --git a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-private.h b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-private.h
index 1a765468..6196e47b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-private.h
+++ b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm-private.h
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ extern gchar *global_config_str;
 
 extern gchar *global_devices_str;
 
+void _lvm_check_vdo_index_memory (guint64 index_memory);
+
 #endif /* BD_LVM_PRIVATE */
diff --git a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm.c b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm.c
index effd5ecf..31250c0d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lvm/lvm.c
+++ b/src/plugins/lvm/lvm.c
@@ -2542,6 +2542,9 @@ gboolean bd_lvm_vdo_pool_create (const gchar *vg_name, const gchar *lv_name, con
     } else
         args[14] = vg_name;
 
+    if (index_memory != 0)
+        _lvm_check_vdo_index_memory (index_memory);
+
     /* index_memory and write_policy can be specified only using the config */
     g_mutex_lock (&global_config_lock);
     old_config = global_config_str;
@@ -2789,6 +2792,9 @@ gboolean bd_lvm_vdo_pool_convert (const gchar *vg_name, const gchar *pool_lv, co
     lv_spec = g_strdup_printf ("%s/%s", vg_name, pool_lv);
     args[next_arg++] = lv_spec;
 
+    if (index_memory != 0)
+        _lvm_check_vdo_index_memory (index_memory);
+
     /* index_memory and write_policy can be specified only using the config */
     g_mutex_lock (&global_config_lock);
     old_config = global_config_str;
diff --git a/tests/_lvm_cases.py b/tests/_lvm_cases.py
index 0e59f0da..fdeeb21a 100644
--- a/tests/_lvm_cases.py
+++ b/tests/_lvm_cases.py
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ def test_writecache_attach_detach(self):
 
 class LvmVDOTest(LvmTestCase):
 
-    loop_size = 8 * 1024**3
+    loop_size = 9 * 1024**3
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
@@ -2117,15 +2117,15 @@ def test_vdo_pool_create(self):
 
     @tag_test(TestTags.SLOW)
     def test_vdo_pool_create_options(self):
-        # set index size to 300 MiB, disable compression and write policy to sync
+        # set index size to 512 MiB, disable compression and write policy to sync
         policy = BlockDev.lvm_get_vdo_write_policy_from_str("sync")
-        succ = BlockDev.lvm_vdo_pool_create("testVDOVG", "vdoLV", "vdoPool", 7 * 1024**3, 35 * 1024**3,
-                                            300 * 1024**2, False, True, policy)
+        succ = BlockDev.lvm_vdo_pool_create("testVDOVG", "vdoLV", "vdoPool", 8 * 1024**3, 35 * 1024**3,
+                                            512 * 1024**2, False, True, policy)
         self.assertTrue(succ)
 
         vdo_info = BlockDev.lvm_vdo_info("testVDOVG", "vdoPool")
         self.assertIsNotNone(vdo_info)
-        self.assertEqual(vdo_info.index_memory_size, 300 * 1024**2)
+        self.assertEqual(vdo_info.index_memory_size, 512 * 1024**2)
         self.assertFalse(vdo_info.compression)
         self.assertTrue(vdo_info.deduplication)
         self.assertEqual(BlockDev.lvm_get_vdo_write_policy_str(vdo_info.write_policy), "sync")
@@ -2166,8 +2166,7 @@ def test_resize(self):
 
     @tag_test(TestTags.SLOW)
     def test_enable_disable_compression(self):
-        succ = BlockDev.lvm_vdo_pool_create("testVDOVG", "vdoLV", "vdoPool", 7 * 1024**3, 35 * 1024**3,
-                                            300 * 1024**2)
+        succ = BlockDev.lvm_vdo_pool_create("testVDOVG", "vdoLV", "vdoPool", 7 * 1024**3, 35 * 1024**3)
         self.assertTrue(succ)
 
         # enabled by default
@@ -2193,8 +2192,7 @@ def test_enable_disable_compression(self):
 
     @tag_test(TestTags.SLOW)
     def test_enable_disable_deduplication(self):
-        succ = BlockDev.lvm_vdo_pool_create("testVDOVG", "vdoLV", "vdoPool", 7 * 1024**3, 35 * 1024**3,
-                                            300 * 1024**2)
+        succ = BlockDev.lvm_vdo_pool_create("testVDOVG", "vdoLV", "vdoPool", 7 * 1024**3, 35 * 1024**3)
         self.assertTrue(succ)
 
         # enabled by default