diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 161491d0a879..0363cd731320 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -88,6 +88,19 @@ config BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
 	T10/SCSI Data Integrity Field or the T13/ATA External Path
 	Protection.  If in doubt, say N.
 
+config BLK_DEV_DAX
+	bool "Block device DAX support"
+	depends on FS_DAX
+	depends on BROKEN
+	help
+	  When DAX support is available (CONFIG_FS_DAX) raw block
+	  devices can also support direct userspace access to the
+	  storage capacity via MMAP(2) similar to a file on a
+	  DAX-enabled filesystem.  However, the DAX I/O-path disables
+	  some standard I/O-statistics, and the MMAP(2) path has some
+	  operational differences due to bypassing the page
+	  cache.  If in doubt, say N.
+
 config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
 	bool "Block layer bio throttling support"
 	depends on BLK_CGROUP=y
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 39b3a174a425..31c6d1090f11 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1201,7 +1201,11 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 		bdev->bd_disk = disk;
 		bdev->bd_queue = disk->queue;
 		bdev->bd_contains = bdev;
-		bdev->bd_inode->i_flags = disk->fops->direct_access ? S_DAX : 0;
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAX) && disk->fops->direct_access)
+			bdev->bd_inode->i_flags = S_DAX;
+		else
+			bdev->bd_inode->i_flags = 0;
+
 		if (!partno) {
 			ret = -ENXIO;
 			bdev->bd_part = disk_get_part(disk, partno);