diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 4ff1f92f89ca..7eeda072dc70 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/blkpg.h>
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
-#include <linux/badblocks.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/blktrace_api.h>
@@ -407,35 +406,6 @@ static inline int is_unrecognized_ioctl(int ret)
 		ret == -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
-bool blkdev_dax_capable(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
-
-	if (!disk->fops->direct_access)
-		return false;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the partition is not aligned on a page boundary, we can't
-	 * do dax I/O to it.
-	 */
-	if ((bdev->bd_part->start_sect % (PAGE_SIZE / 512))
-			|| (bdev->bd_part->nr_sects % (PAGE_SIZE / 512)))
-		return false;
-
-	/*
-	 * If the device has known bad blocks, force all I/O through the
-	 * driver / page cache.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: support finer grained dax error handling
-	 */
-	if (disk->bb && disk->bb->count)
-		return false;
-
-	return true;
-}
-#endif
-
 static int blkdev_flushbuf(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
 		unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 518cde62c01c..8477d4501b1e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/cleancache.h>
 #include <linux/dax.h>
+#include <linux/badblocks.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -554,6 +555,40 @@ int bdev_dax_supported(struct super_block *sb, int blocksize)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdev_dax_supported);
 
+/**
+ * bdev_dax_capable() - Return if the raw device is capable for dax
+ * @bdev: The device for raw block device access
+ */
+bool bdev_dax_capable(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
+	struct blk_dax_ctl dax = {
+		.size = PAGE_SIZE,
+	};
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_DAX))
+		return false;
+
+	dax.sector = 0;
+	if (bdev_direct_access(bdev, &dax) < 0)
+		return false;
+
+	dax.sector = bdev->bd_part->nr_sects - (PAGE_SIZE / 512);
+	if (bdev_direct_access(bdev, &dax) < 0)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the device has known bad blocks, force all I/O through the
+	 * driver / page cache.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: support finer grained dax error handling
+	 */
+	if (disk->bb && disk->bb->count)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /*
  * pseudo-fs
  */
@@ -1295,7 +1330,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 
 			if (!ret) {
 				bd_set_size(bdev,(loff_t)get_capacity(disk)<<9);
-				if (!blkdev_dax_capable(bdev))
+				if (!bdev_dax_capable(bdev))
 					bdev->bd_inode->i_flags &= ~S_DAX;
 			}
 
@@ -1332,7 +1367,7 @@ static int __blkdev_get(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 				goto out_clear;
 			}
 			bd_set_size(bdev, (loff_t)bdev->bd_part->nr_sects << 9);
-			if (!blkdev_dax_capable(bdev))
+			if (!bdev_dax_capable(bdev))
 				bdev->bd_inode->i_flags &= ~S_DAX;
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 71231a55debd..27cbefe8c985 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1689,6 +1689,7 @@ extern int bdev_write_page(struct block_device *, sector_t, struct page *,
 						struct writeback_control *);
 extern long bdev_direct_access(struct block_device *, struct blk_dax_ctl *);
 extern int bdev_dax_supported(struct super_block *, int);
+extern bool bdev_dax_capable(struct block_device *);
 #else /* CONFIG_BLOCK */
 
 struct block_device;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 9f2813090d1b..17f934fcf564 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2319,14 +2319,6 @@ extern struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *);
 extern void emergency_thaw_all(void);
 extern int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb);
 extern int fsync_bdev(struct block_device *);
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
-extern bool blkdev_dax_capable(struct block_device *bdev);
-#else
-static inline bool blkdev_dax_capable(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-	return false;
-}
-#endif
 
 extern struct super_block *blockdev_superblock;