diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 86a0994332ce..01d1de838896 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1168,6 +1168,7 @@ struct ext4_inode_info {
 						      blocks */
 #define EXT4_MOUNT2_HURD_COMPAT		0x00000004 /* Support HURD-castrated
 						      file systems */
+#define EXT4_MOUNT2_DAX_NEVER		0x00000008 /* Do not allow Direct Access */
 
 #define EXT4_MOUNT2_EXPLICIT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM	0x00000008 /* User explicitly
 						specified journal checksum */
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 23e42a223235..140b1930e2f4 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4400,6 +4400,8 @@ int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
 
 static bool ext4_should_enable_dax(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	if (test_opt2(inode->i_sb, DAX_NEVER))
+		return false;
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
 		return false;
 	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 5ec900fdf73c..e01a040a58a9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_jqfmt_vfsold, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv0, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv1, Opt_quota,
 	Opt_noquota, Opt_barrier, Opt_nobarrier, Opt_err,
 	Opt_usrquota, Opt_grpquota, Opt_prjquota, Opt_i_version, Opt_dax,
+	Opt_dax_str,
 	Opt_stripe, Opt_delalloc, Opt_nodelalloc, Opt_warn_on_error,
 	Opt_nowarn_on_error, Opt_mblk_io_submit,
 	Opt_lazytime, Opt_nolazytime, Opt_debug_want_extra_isize,
@@ -1570,6 +1571,7 @@ static const match_table_t tokens = {
 	{Opt_barrier, "barrier"},
 	{Opt_nobarrier, "nobarrier"},
 	{Opt_i_version, "i_version"},
+	{Opt_dax_str, "dax=%s"},
 	{Opt_dax, "dax"},
 	{Opt_stripe, "stripe=%u"},
 	{Opt_delalloc, "delalloc"},
@@ -1767,6 +1769,7 @@ static const struct mount_opts {
 	{Opt_min_batch_time, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
 	{Opt_inode_readahead_blks, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
 	{Opt_init_itable, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
+	{Opt_dax_str, 0, MOPT_STRING},
 	{Opt_dax, EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS, MOPT_SET},
 	{Opt_stripe, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
 	{Opt_resuid, 0, MOPT_GTE0},
@@ -2076,13 +2079,32 @@ static int handle_mount_opt(struct super_block *sb, char *opt, int token,
 		}
 		sbi->s_jquota_fmt = m->mount_opt;
 #endif
-	} else if (token == Opt_dax) {
+	} else if (token == Opt_dax || token == Opt_dax_str) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
-		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING,
-		"DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk");
-		sbi->s_mount_opt |= m->mount_opt;
+		char *tmp = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+
+		if (!tmp || !strcmp(tmp, "always")) {
+			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING,
+				"DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk");
+			sbi->s_mount_opt |= EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS;
+			sbi->s_mount_opt2 &= ~EXT4_MOUNT2_DAX_NEVER;
+		} else if (!strcmp(tmp, "never")) {
+			sbi->s_mount_opt2 |= EXT4_MOUNT2_DAX_NEVER;
+			sbi->s_mount_opt &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS;
+		} else if (!strcmp(tmp, "inode")) {
+			sbi->s_mount_opt &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS;
+			sbi->s_mount_opt2 &= ~EXT4_MOUNT2_DAX_NEVER;
+		} else {
+			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "DAX invalid option.");
+			kfree(tmp);
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		kfree(tmp);
 #else
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "dax option not supported");
+		sbi->s_mount_opt2 |= EXT4_MOUNT2_DAX_NEVER;
+		sbi->s_mount_opt &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS;
 		return -1;
 #endif
 	} else if (token == Opt_data_err_abort) {
@@ -2306,6 +2328,13 @@ static int _ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct super_block *sb,
 	if (DUMMY_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED(sbi))
 		SEQ_OPTS_PUTS("test_dummy_encryption");
 
+	if (test_opt2(sb, DAX_NEVER))
+		SEQ_OPTS_PUTS("dax=never");
+	else if (test_opt(sb, DAX_ALWAYS))
+		SEQ_OPTS_PUTS("dax=always");
+	else
+		SEQ_OPTS_PUTS("dax=inode");
+
 	ext4_show_quota_options(seq, sb);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -5425,10 +5454,12 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 		goto restore_opts;
 	}
 
-	if ((sbi->s_mount_opt ^ old_opts.s_mount_opt) & EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS) {
+	if ((sbi->s_mount_opt ^ old_opts.s_mount_opt) & EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS ||
+	    (sbi->s_mount_opt2 ^ old_opts.s_mount_opt2) & EXT4_MOUNT2_DAX_NEVER) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "warning: refusing change of "
-			"dax flag with busy inodes while remounting");
+			"dax mount option with busy inodes while remounting");
 		sbi->s_mount_opt ^= EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS;
+		sbi->s_mount_opt2 ^= EXT4_MOUNT2_DAX_NEVER;
 	}
 
 	if (sbi->s_mount_flags & EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED)
