diff --git a/drivers/dax/Kconfig b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
index 39bcbf4c5e40..b7053eafd88e 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 menuconfig DAX
 	tristate "DAX: direct access to differentiated memory"
+	select SRCU
 	default m if NVDIMM_DAX
 
 if DAX
diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
index 5b5572314929..af06d0bfd6ea 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
@@ -333,16 +333,16 @@ static int __dax_dev_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 static int dax_dev_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
-	int rc;
+	int rc, id;
 	struct file *filp = vma->vm_file;
 	struct dax_dev *dax_dev = filp->private_data;
 
 	dev_dbg(&dax_dev->dev, "%s: %s: %s (%#lx - %#lx)\n", __func__,
 			current->comm, (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
 			? "write" : "read", vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end);
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	id = dax_read_lock();
 	rc = __dax_dev_fault(dax_dev, vma, vmf);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	dax_read_unlock(id);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ static int __dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct dax_dev *dax_dev,
 static int dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags)
 {
-	int rc;
+	int rc, id;
 	struct file *filp = vma->vm_file;
 	struct dax_dev *dax_dev = filp->private_data;
 
@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ static int dax_dev_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			current->comm, (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
 			? "write" : "read", vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	id = dax_read_lock();
 	rc = __dax_dev_pmd_fault(dax_dev, vma, addr, pmd, flags);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	dax_read_unlock(id);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct dax_dev_vm_ops = {
 
 static int dax_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
+	int rc, id;
 	struct dax_dev *dax_dev = filp->private_data;
-	int rc;
 
 	dev_dbg(&dax_dev->dev, "%s\n", __func__);
 
@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ static int dax_mmap(struct file *filp, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	 * We lock to check dax_inode liveness and will re-check at
 	 * fault time.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	id = dax_read_lock();
 	rc = check_vma(dax_dev, vma, __func__);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	dax_read_unlock(id);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index e6369b851619..7c4dc97d53a8 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -24,11 +24,24 @@ module_param(nr_dax, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nr_dax, "max number of dax device instances");
 
 static dev_t dax_devt;
+DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(dax_srcu);
 static struct vfsmount *dax_mnt;
 static DEFINE_IDA(dax_minor_ida);
 static struct kmem_cache *dax_cache __read_mostly;
 static struct super_block *dax_superblock __read_mostly;
 
+int dax_read_lock(void)
+{
+	return srcu_read_lock(&dax_srcu);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_read_lock);
+
+void dax_read_unlock(int id)
+{
+	srcu_read_unlock(&dax_srcu, id);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_read_unlock);
+
 /**
  * struct dax_inode - anchor object for dax services
  * @inode: core vfs
@@ -45,8 +58,7 @@ struct dax_inode {
 
 bool dax_inode_alive(struct dax_inode *dax_inode)
 {
-	RCU_LOCKDEP_WARN(!rcu_read_lock_held(),
-			"dax operations require rcu_read_lock()\n");
+	lockdep_assert_held(&dax_srcu);
 	return dax_inode->alive;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_inode_alive);
@@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_inode_alive);
  * Note, rcu is not protecting the liveness of dax_inode, rcu is
  * ensuring that any fault handlers or operations that might have seen
  * dax_inode_alive(), have completed.  Any operations that start after
- * synchronize_rcu() has run will abort upon seeing !dax_inode_alive().
+ * synchronize_srcu() has run will abort upon seeing !dax_inode_alive().
  */
 void kill_dax_inode(struct dax_inode *dax_inode)
 {
@@ -63,7 +75,7 @@ void kill_dax_inode(struct dax_inode *dax_inode)
 		return;
 
 	dax_inode->alive = false;
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	synchronize_srcu(&dax_srcu);
 	dax_inode->private = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kill_dax_inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 24ad71173995..67002898d130 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 struct iomap_ops;
 
+int dax_read_lock(void);
+void dax_read_unlock(int id);
+
 /*
  * We use lowest available bit in exceptional entry for locking, one bit for
  * the entry size (PMD) and two more to tell us if the entry is a huge zero
