diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 1f8e3d60dc077da5ea4b4268de9918e1dab8ed5d..6ab7ca43f9e07aadde0ef49058b07910fe5b784d 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -2371,14 +2371,14 @@ fuse_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			loff_t offset, unsigned long nr_segs)
 {
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
-	struct file *file = NULL;
+	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
+	struct fuse_file *ff = file->private_data;
 	loff_t pos = 0;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	loff_t i_size;
 	size_t count = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
 	struct fuse_io_priv *io;
 
-	file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	pos = offset;
 	inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	i_size = i_size_read(inode);
@@ -2403,9 +2403,9 @@ fuse_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	io->file = file;
 	/*
 	 * By default, we want to optimize all I/Os with async request
-	 * submission to the client filesystem.
+	 * submission to the client filesystem if supported.
 	 */
-	io->async = 1;
+	io->async = ff->fc->async_dio;
 	io->iocb = iocb;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 53b830e3b38fd8ea11bf3fe09a7a5a9b836e1f22..fde7249a3a9608c8c6e49be4316a1d155b7cdfba 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** Does the filesystem want adaptive readdirplus? */
 	unsigned readdirplus_auto:1;
 
+	/** Does the filesystem support asynchronous direct-IO submission? */
+	unsigned async_dio:1;
+
 	/** The number of requests waiting for completion */
 	atomic_t num_waiting;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 17ec1f70524dbaef2a8d90c779ec4c13b909ee2b..6201f81e4d3a54bdc2d1d4a145253d7ab199baa9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 				fc->do_readdirplus = 1;
 			if (arg->flags & FUSE_READDIRPLUS_AUTO)
 				fc->readdirplus_auto = 1;
+			if (arg->flags & FUSE_ASYNC_DIO)
+				fc->async_dio = 1;
 		} else {
 			ra_pages = fc->max_read / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 			fc->no_lock = 1;
@@ -898,7 +900,7 @@ static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 		FUSE_EXPORT_SUPPORT | FUSE_BIG_WRITES | FUSE_DONT_MASK |
 		FUSE_SPLICE_WRITE | FUSE_SPLICE_MOVE | FUSE_SPLICE_READ |
 		FUSE_FLOCK_LOCKS | FUSE_IOCTL_DIR | FUSE_AUTO_INVAL_DATA |
-		FUSE_DO_READDIRPLUS | FUSE_READDIRPLUS_AUTO;
+		FUSE_DO_READDIRPLUS | FUSE_READDIRPLUS_AUTO | FUSE_ASYNC_DIO;
 	req->in.h.opcode = FUSE_INIT;
 	req->in.numargs = 1;
 	req->in.args[0].size = sizeof(*arg);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
index 706d035fa7488df73b142b1812c2c3feaa8708d3..60bb2f9f7b74272ae30e9119ded495100e6934b6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
  * 7.21
  *  - add FUSE_READDIRPLUS
  *  - send the requested events in POLL request
+ *
+ * 7.22
+ *  - add FUSE_ASYNC_DIO
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_FUSE_H
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@
 #define FUSE_KERNEL_VERSION 7
 
 /** Minor version number of this interface */
-#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 21
+#define FUSE_KERNEL_MINOR_VERSION 22
 
 /** The node ID of the root inode */
 #define FUSE_ROOT_ID 1
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * FUSE_AUTO_INVAL_DATA: automatically invalidate cached pages
  * FUSE_DO_READDIRPLUS: do READDIRPLUS (READDIR+LOOKUP in one)
  * FUSE_READDIRPLUS_AUTO: adaptive readdirplus
+ * FUSE_ASYNC_DIO: asynchronous direct I/O submission
  */
 #define FUSE_ASYNC_READ		(1 << 0)
 #define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS	(1 << 1)
@@ -231,6 +235,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 #define FUSE_AUTO_INVAL_DATA	(1 << 12)
 #define FUSE_DO_READDIRPLUS	(1 << 13)
 #define FUSE_READDIRPLUS_AUTO	(1 << 14)
+#define FUSE_ASYNC_DIO		(1 << 15)
 
 /**
  * CUSE INIT request/reply flags