diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 159f796..37a0c48 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Protects against truncate */
-	inode_dio_begin(inode);
+	if (!(flags & DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT))
+		inode_dio_begin(inode);
 
 	retval = dax_io(inode, iter, pos, end, get_block, &bh);
 
@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@
 	if ((retval > 0) && end_io)
 		end_io(iocb, pos, retval, bh.b_private);
 
-	inode_dio_end(inode);
+	if (!(flags & DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT))
+		inode_dio_end(inode);
  out:
 	return retval;
 }