diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 8dcabf84d866..10c73af93d00 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -2054,6 +2054,7 @@ static void cleanup_mapped_device(struct mapped_device *md)
 static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 {
 	int r, numa_node_id = dm_get_numa_node();
+	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
 	struct mapped_device *md;
 	void *old_md;
 
@@ -2122,15 +2123,15 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	md->disk->private_data = md;
 	sprintf(md->disk->disk_name, "dm-%d", minor);
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_DAX)) {
-		md->dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, &dm_dax_ops);
-		if (IS_ERR(md->dax_dev)) {
-			md->dax_dev = NULL;
+	dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, &dm_dax_ops);
+	if (IS_ERR(dax_dev)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(dax_dev) != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			goto bad;
-		}
-		set_dax_nocache(md->dax_dev);
-		set_dax_nomc(md->dax_dev);
-		if (dax_add_host(md->dax_dev, md->disk))
+	} else {
+		set_dax_nocache(dax_dev);
+		set_dax_nomc(dax_dev);
+		md->dax_dev = dax_dev;
+		if (dax_add_host(dax_dev, md->disk))
 			goto bad;
 	}