diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index ab75aee3e687..440f4c6ba4ee 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -34,6 +34,52 @@
 #include "xattr.h"
 #include "acl.h"
 
+static bool ext4_dio_supported(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION) && IS_ENCRYPTED(inode))
+		return false;
+	if (fsverity_active(inode))
+		return false;
+	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
+		return false;
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static ssize_t ext4_dio_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
+
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
+		if (!inode_trylock_shared(inode))
+			return -EAGAIN;
+	} else {
+		inode_lock_shared(inode);
+	}
+
+	if (!ext4_dio_supported(inode)) {
+		inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+		/*
+		 * Fallback to buffered I/O if the operation being performed on
+		 * the inode is not supported by direct I/O. The IOCB_DIRECT
+		 * flag needs to be cleared here in order to ensure that the
+		 * direct I/O path within generic_file_read_iter() is not
+		 * taken.
+		 */
+		iocb->ki_flags &= ~IOCB_DIRECT;
+		return generic_file_read_iter(iocb, to);
+	}
+
+	ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, to, &ext4_iomap_ops, NULL,
+			   is_sync_kiocb(iocb));
+	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
+
+	file_accessed(iocb->ki_filp);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
 static ssize_t ext4_dax_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
@@ -64,16 +110,21 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dax_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 
 static ssize_t ext4_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
-	if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)->i_sb))))
+	struct inode *inode = file_inode(iocb->ki_filp);
+
+	if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	if (!iov_iter_count(to))
 		return 0; /* skip atime */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
-	if (IS_DAX(file_inode(iocb->ki_filp)))
+	if (IS_DAX(inode))
 		return ext4_dax_read_iter(iocb, to);
 #endif
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
+		return ext4_dio_read_iter(iocb, to);
+
 	return generic_file_read_iter(iocb, to);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 50b4835cd927..e44b3b1dbbc4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -863,9 +863,6 @@ int ext4_dio_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 {
 	/* We don't expect handle for direct IO */
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(ext4_journal_current_handle());
-
-	if (!create)
-		return _ext4_get_block(inode, iblock, bh, 0);
 	return ext4_get_block_trans(inode, iblock, bh, EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CREATE);
 }
 
@@ -3874,36 +3871,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
-{
-	struct address_space *mapping = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
-	ssize_t ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * Shared inode_lock is enough for us - it protects against concurrent
-	 * writes & truncates and since we take care of writing back page cache,
-	 * we are protected against page writeback as well.
-	 */
-	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
-		if (!inode_trylock_shared(inode))
-			return -EAGAIN;
-	} else {
-		inode_lock_shared(inode);
-	}
-
-	ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, iocb->ki_pos,
-					   iocb->ki_pos + count - 1);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_unlock;
-	ret = __blockdev_direct_IO(iocb, inode, inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
-				   iter, ext4_dio_get_block, NULL, NULL, 0);
-out_unlock:
-	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
@@ -3930,10 +3897,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		return 0;
 
 	trace_ext4_direct_IO_enter(inode, offset, count, iov_iter_rw(iter));
-	if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ)
-		ret = ext4_direct_IO_read(iocb, iter);
-	else
-		ret = ext4_direct_IO_write(iocb, iter);
+	ret = ext4_direct_IO_write(iocb, iter);
 	trace_ext4_direct_IO_exit(inode, offset, count, iov_iter_rw(iter), ret);
 	return ret;
 }
