diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 68940356cad3..8b1fd7f1a224 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 	blk_queue_logical_block_size(q, pmem_sector_size(ndns));
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, UINT_MAX);
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, q);
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DAX, q);
+	if (pmem->pfn_flags & PFN_MAP)
+		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DAX, q);
 	q->queuedata = pmem;
 
 	disk = alloc_disk_node(0, nid);