diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 903d9c473749..45276abf03aa 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
 {
 	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
 	bool dax_enabled = false;
+	struct request_queue *q;
 	pgoff_t pgoff;
 	int err, id;
 	void *kaddr;
@@ -99,6 +100,13 @@ 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",