diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index b9c3e8cd0820..6c179c2a9ff9 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_dax_get_by_bdev);
 bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
 {
 	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
+	struct request_queue *q;
 	pgoff_t pgoff;
 	int err, id;
 	void *kaddr;
@@ -97,6 +98,13 @@ bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+	if (!q || !blk_queue_dax(q)) {
+		pr_debug("%s: error: request queue doesn't support dax\n",
+				bdevname(bdev, buf));
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	err = bdev_dax_pgoff(bdev, 0, PAGE_SIZE, &pgoff);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_debug("%s: error: unaligned partition for dax\n",