diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 8b535bc4526f..9bd8528bd305 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ static inline void set_dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 {
 	__set_dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
 }
+/*
+ * Check if given mapping is supported by the file / underlying device.
+ */
+static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+					     struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC))
+		return true;
+	if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(vma->vm_file)))
+		return false;
+	return dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
+}
 #else
 static inline struct dax_device *dax_get_by_host(const char *host)
 {
@@ -90,6 +102,11 @@ static inline bool dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 static inline void set_dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
 {
 }
+static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				struct dax_device *dax_dev)
+{
+	return !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC);
+}
 #endif
 
 struct writeback_control;