diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
index 402dc366117eaa0275a2f9ba902ca2b93be3f08d..be8a7db5061511d2e5fad3f2482cc355fb86791f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ static inline int ext4_should_dioread_nolock(struct inode *inode)
 		return 0;
 	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
 		return 0;
+	/* temporary fix to prevent generic/422 test failures */
+	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, DELALLOC))
+		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }