diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 2bd10f3bfcb2..01bb94362404 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -165,39 +165,37 @@ static loff_t get_loop_size(struct loop_device *lo, struct file *file)
 	return get_size(lo->lo_offset, lo->lo_sizelimit, file);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We support direct I/O only if lo_offset is aligned with the logical I/O size
+ * of backing device, and the logical block size of loop is bigger than that of
+ * the backing device.
+ */
+static bool lo_bdev_can_use_dio(struct loop_device *lo,
+		struct block_device *backing_bdev)
+{
+	unsigned short sb_bsize = bdev_logical_block_size(backing_bdev);
+
+	if (queue_logical_block_size(lo->lo_queue) < sb_bsize)
+		return false;
+	if (lo->lo_offset & (sb_bsize - 1))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 static void __loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo, bool dio)
 {
 	struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
-	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
-	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	unsigned short sb_bsize = 0;
-	unsigned dio_align = 0;
+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
+	struct block_device *backing_bdev = NULL;
 	bool use_dio;
 
-	if (inode->i_sb->s_bdev) {
-		sb_bsize = bdev_logical_block_size(inode->i_sb->s_bdev);
-		dio_align = sb_bsize - 1;
-	}
+	if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
+		backing_bdev = I_BDEV(inode);
+	else if (inode->i_sb->s_bdev)
+		backing_bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
 
-	/*
-	 * We support direct I/O only if lo_offset is aligned with the
-	 * logical I/O size of backing device, and the logical block
-	 * size of loop is bigger than the backing device's.
-	 *
-	 * TODO: the above condition may be loosed in the future, and
-	 * direct I/O may be switched runtime at that time because most
-	 * of requests in sane applications should be PAGE_SIZE aligned
-	 */
-	if (dio) {
-		if (queue_logical_block_size(lo->lo_queue) >= sb_bsize &&
-		    !(lo->lo_offset & dio_align) &&
-		    (file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT))
-			use_dio = true;
-		else
-			use_dio = false;
-	} else {
-		use_dio = false;
-	}
+	use_dio = dio && (file->f_mode & FMODE_CAN_ODIRECT) &&
+		(!backing_bdev || lo_bdev_can_use_dio(lo, backing_bdev));
 
 	if (lo->use_dio == use_dio)
 		return;