diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index 8a05d99166e3..f0b822c28ddf 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -428,7 +428,6 @@ const struct address_space_operations def_blk_aops = {
 	.writepage	= blkdev_writepage,
 	.write_begin	= blkdev_write_begin,
 	.write_end	= blkdev_write_end,
-	.direct_IO	= blkdev_direct_IO,
 	.migrate_folio	= buffer_migrate_folio_norefs,
 	.is_dirty_writeback = buffer_check_dirty_writeback,
 };
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ static int blkdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	 * during an unstable branch.
 	 */
 	filp->f_flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
-	filp->f_mode |= FMODE_BUF_RASYNC;
+	filp->f_mode |= FMODE_BUF_RASYNC | FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT;
 
 	/*
 	 * Use the file private data to store the holder for exclusive openes.