diff --git a/io_uring/io_uring.c b/io_uring/io_uring.c
index 722624b6d0dc..1ed96caa586a 100644
--- a/io_uring/io_uring.c
+++ b/io_uring/io_uring.c
@@ -425,7 +425,13 @@ static void io_prep_async_work(struct io_kiocb *req)
 		req->flags |= io_file_get_flags(req->file) << REQ_F_SUPPORT_NOWAIT_BIT;
 
 	if (req->flags & REQ_F_ISREG) {
-		if (def->hash_reg_file || (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
+		bool should_hash = def->hash_reg_file;
+
+		/* don't serialize this request if the fs doesn't need it */
+		if (should_hash && (req->file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) &&
+		    (req->file->f_mode & FMODE_DIO_PARALLEL_WRITE))
+			should_hash = false;
+		if (should_hash || (ctx->flags & IORING_SETUP_IOPOLL))
 			io_wq_hash_work(&req->work, file_inode(req->file));
 	} else if (!req->file || !S_ISBLK(file_inode(req->file)->i_mode)) {
 		if (def->unbound_nonreg_file)