diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 97f49ed35bd2..b66275757c28 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1400,15 +1400,12 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	unsigned long seg = 0;
 	size_t count;
 	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
-	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	count = 0;
 	retval = generic_segment_checks(iov, &nr_segs, &count, VERIFY_WRITE);
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
-	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-
 	/* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
 	if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
 		loff_t size;
@@ -1424,8 +1421,12 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos,
 					pos + iov_length(iov, nr_segs) - 1);
 			if (!retval) {
+				struct blk_plug plug;
+
+				blk_start_plug(&plug);
 				retval = mapping->a_ops->direct_IO(READ, iocb,
 							iov, pos, nr_segs);
+				blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 			}
 			if (retval > 0) {
 				*ppos = pos + retval;
@@ -1481,7 +1482,6 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			break;
 	}
 out:
-	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	return retval;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_read);