diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 2cc43cd914eb..cc56313c6b3b 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1207,6 +1207,9 @@ dax_iomap_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		lockdep_assert_held(&inode->i_rwsem);
 	}
 
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		flags |= IOMAP_NOWAIT;
+
 	while (iov_iter_count(iter)) {
 		ret = iomap_apply(inode, pos, iov_iter_count(iter), flags, ops,
 				iter, dax_iomap_actor);