diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 79272cd..bd93563 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		bio.bi_opf = dio_bio_write_op(iocb);
 		task_io_account_write(ret);
 	}
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+		bio.bi_opf |= REQ_NOWAIT;
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_HIPRI)
 		bio_set_polled(&bio, iocb);
 
@@ -399,6 +401,8 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
 			bio->bi_opf = dio_bio_write_op(iocb);
 			task_io_account_write(bio->bi_iter.bi_size);
 		}
+		if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT)
+			bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOWAIT;
 
 		dio->size += bio->bi_iter.bi_size;
 		pos += bio->bi_iter.bi_size;