diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 62cf92550512..279e3c432d7b 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static const struct {
 	[BLK_STS_MEDIUM]	= { -ENODATA,	"critical medium" },
 	[BLK_STS_PROTECTION]	= { -EILSEQ,	"protection" },
 	[BLK_STS_RESOURCE]	= { -ENOMEM,	"kernel resource" },
+	[BLK_STS_AGAIN]		= { -EAGAIN,	"nonblocking retry" },
 
 	/* device mapper special case, should not leak out: */
 	[BLK_STS_DM_REQUEUE]	= { -EREMCHG, "dm internal retry" },
@@ -1314,6 +1315,11 @@ retry:
 	if (!IS_ERR(rq))
 		return rq;
 
+	if (op & REQ_NOWAIT) {
+		blk_put_rl(rl);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+	}
+
 	if (!gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp_mask) || unlikely(blk_queue_dying(q))) {
 		blk_put_rl(rl);
 		return rq;
@@ -1961,6 +1967,14 @@ generic_make_request_checks(struct bio *bio)
 		goto end_io;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * For a REQ_NOWAIT based request, return -EOPNOTSUPP
+	 * if queue is not a request based queue.
+	 */
+
+	if ((bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT) && !queue_is_rq_based(q))
+		goto not_supported;
+
 	part = bio->bi_bdev->bd_part;
 	if (should_fail_request(part, bio->bi_iter.bi_size) ||
 	    should_fail_request(&part_to_disk(part)->part0,
@@ -2118,7 +2132,7 @@ blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 	do {
 		struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bio->bi_bdev);
 
-		if (likely(blk_queue_enter(q, false) == 0)) {
+		if (likely(blk_queue_enter(q, bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT) == 0)) {
 			struct bio_list lower, same;
 
 			/* Create a fresh bio_list for all subordinate requests */
@@ -2143,7 +2157,11 @@ blk_qc_t generic_make_request(struct bio *bio)
 			bio_list_merge(&bio_list_on_stack[0], &same);
 			bio_list_merge(&bio_list_on_stack[0], &bio_list_on_stack[1]);
 		} else {
-			bio_io_error(bio);
+			if (unlikely(!blk_queue_dying(q) &&
+					(bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)))
+				bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
+			else
+				bio_io_error(bio);
 		}
 		bio = bio_list_pop(&bio_list_on_stack[0]);
 	} while (bio);
diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index dd276a9e138e..ca03cd4b263f 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ static struct request *blk_mq_get_request(struct request_queue *q,
 		data->ctx = blk_mq_get_ctx(q);
 	if (likely(!data->hctx))
 		data->hctx = blk_mq_map_queue(q, data->ctx->cpu);
+	if (op & REQ_NOWAIT)
+		data->flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_NOWAIT;
 
 	if (e) {
 		data->flags |= BLK_MQ_REQ_INTERNAL;
@@ -1544,6 +1546,8 @@ static blk_qc_t blk_mq_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	rq = blk_mq_get_request(q, bio, bio->bi_opf, &data);
 	if (unlikely(!rq)) {
 		__wbt_done(q->rq_wb, wb_acct);
+		if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT)
+			bio_wouldblock_error(bio);
 		return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index e8baaabebf13..c87077d1dc33 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -479,8 +479,12 @@ static blk_status_t dio_bio_complete(struct dio *dio, struct bio *bio)
 	unsigned i;
 	blk_status_t err = bio->bi_status;
 
-	if (err)
-		dio->io_error = -EIO;
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == BLK_STS_AGAIN && (bio->bi_opf & REQ_NOWAIT))
+			dio->io_error = -EAGAIN;
+		else
+			dio->io_error = -EIO;
+	}
 
 	if (dio->is_async && dio->op == REQ_OP_READ && dio->should_dirty) {
 		bio_check_pages_dirty(bio);	/* transfers ownership */
@@ -1194,6 +1198,8 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE) {
 		dio->op = REQ_OP_WRITE;
 		dio->op_flags = REQ_SYNC | REQ_IDLE;
+		if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+			dio->op_flags |= REQ_NOWAIT;
 	} else {
 		dio->op = REQ_OP_READ;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 40d054185277..36aa641cde28 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -416,6 +416,12 @@ static inline void bio_io_error(struct bio *bio)
 	bio_endio(bio);
 }
 
+static inline void bio_wouldblock_error(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	bio->bi_status = BLK_STS_AGAIN;
+	bio_endio(bio);
+}
+
 struct request_queue;
 extern int bio_phys_segments(struct request_queue *, struct bio *);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index dcd45b15a3a5..e210da6d14b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ typedef u8 __bitwise blk_status_t;
 /* hack for device mapper, don't use elsewhere: */
 #define BLK_STS_DM_REQUEUE    ((__force blk_status_t)11)
 
+#define BLK_STS_AGAIN		((__force blk_status_t)12)
+
 struct blk_issue_stat {
 	u64 stat;
 };
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
 	/* command specific flags for REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES: */
 	__REQ_NOUNMAP,		/* do not free blocks when zeroing */
 
+	__REQ_NOWAIT,           /* Don't wait if request will block */
 	__REQ_NR_BITS,		/* stops here */
 };
 
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
 #define REQ_BACKGROUND		(1ULL << __REQ_BACKGROUND)
 
 #define REQ_NOUNMAP		(1ULL << __REQ_NOUNMAP)
+#define REQ_NOWAIT		(1ULL << __REQ_NOWAIT)
 
 #define REQ_FAILFAST_MASK \
 	(REQ_FAILFAST_DEV | REQ_FAILFAST_TRANSPORT | REQ_FAILFAST_DRIVER)