diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index e21459f9923a8a8ef47158e1099e8f772abb35dc..875fd3151d6c9bc9bca0c53bab4334e5eebd0aab 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -340,6 +340,32 @@ xfs_buftarg_is_dax(
 			bdev_nr_sectors(bt->bt_bdev));
 }
 
+static int
+xfs_setup_dax_always(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp)
+{
+	struct super_block	*sb = mp->m_super;
+
+	if (!xfs_buftarg_is_dax(sb, mp->m_ddev_targp) &&
+	   (!mp->m_rtdev_targp || !xfs_buftarg_is_dax(sb, mp->m_rtdev_targp))) {
+		xfs_alert(mp,
+			"DAX unsupported by block device. Turning off DAX.");
+		goto disable_dax;
+	}
+
+	if (xfs_has_reflink(mp)) {
+		xfs_alert(mp, "DAX and reflink cannot be used together!");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	xfs_warn(mp, "DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk");
+	return 0;
+
+disable_dax:
+	xfs_mount_set_dax_mode(mp, XFS_DAX_NEVER);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 STATIC int
 xfs_blkdev_get(
 	xfs_mount_t		*mp,
@@ -1593,26 +1619,9 @@ xfs_fs_fill_super(
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_I_VERSION;
 
 	if (xfs_has_dax_always(mp)) {
-		bool rtdev_is_dax = false, datadev_is_dax;
-
-		xfs_warn(mp,
-		"DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk");
-
-		datadev_is_dax = xfs_buftarg_is_dax(sb, mp->m_ddev_targp);
-		if (mp->m_rtdev_targp)
-			rtdev_is_dax = xfs_buftarg_is_dax(sb,
-						mp->m_rtdev_targp);
-		if (!rtdev_is_dax && !datadev_is_dax) {
-			xfs_alert(mp,
-			"DAX unsupported by block device. Turning off DAX.");
-			xfs_mount_set_dax_mode(mp, XFS_DAX_NEVER);
-		}
-		if (xfs_has_reflink(mp)) {
-			xfs_alert(mp,
-		"DAX and reflink cannot be used together!");
-			error = -EINVAL;
+		error = xfs_setup_dax_always(mp);
+		if (error)
 			goto out_filestream_unmount;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (xfs_has_discard(mp)) {