diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
index 11aa513f2fda6325f22331e07365a6d330ef719b..628a42c41ab126d12997ab02fd805df6af698c98 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit.c
@@ -1059,7 +1059,9 @@ static void write_blk_ctl(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk, unsigned int bw,
 
 	writeq(cmd, mmio->base + offset);
 	wmb_blk(nfit_blk);
-	/* FIXME: conditionally perform read-back if mandated by firmware */
+
+	if (nfit_blk->dimm_flags & ND_BLK_DCR_LATCH)
+		readq(mmio->base + offset);
 }
 
 static int acpi_nfit_blk_single_io(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk,
@@ -1266,6 +1268,28 @@ static int nfit_blk_init_interleave(struct nfit_blk_mmio *mmio,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int acpi_nfit_blk_get_flags(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc,
+		struct nvdimm *nvdimm, struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk)
+{
+	struct nd_cmd_dimm_flags flags;
+	int rc;
+
+	memset(&flags, 0, sizeof(flags));
+	rc = nd_desc->ndctl(nd_desc, nvdimm, ND_CMD_DIMM_FLAGS, &flags,
+			sizeof(flags));
+
+	if (rc >= 0 && flags.status == 0)
+		nfit_blk->dimm_flags = flags.flags;
+	else if (rc == -ENOTTY) {
+		/* fall back to a conservative default */
+		nfit_blk->dimm_flags = ND_BLK_DCR_LATCH;
+		rc = 0;
+	} else
+		rc = -ENXIO;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static int acpi_nfit_blk_region_enable(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 		struct device *dev)
 {
@@ -1340,6 +1364,13 @@ static int acpi_nfit_blk_region_enable(struct nvdimm_bus *nvdimm_bus,
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	rc = acpi_nfit_blk_get_flags(nd_desc, nvdimm, nfit_blk);
+	if (rc < 0) {
+		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: %s failed get DIMM flags\n",
+				__func__, nvdimm_name(nvdimm));
+		return rc;
+	}
+
 	nfit_flush = nfit_mem->nfit_flush;
 	if (nfit_flush && nfit_flush->flush->hint_count != 0) {
 		nfit_blk->nvdimm_flush = devm_ioremap_nocache(dev,
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit.h b/drivers/acpi/nfit.h
index 815cb561cdba19992726d5a3cc3349499f5f0f67..79b6d83875c1de1aed4bc67e091a4d2e3aa88204 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit.h
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ enum nfit_uuids {
 	NFIT_UUID_MAX,
 };
 
+enum {
+	ND_BLK_DCR_LATCH = 2,
+};
+
 struct nfit_spa {
 	struct acpi_nfit_system_address *spa;
 	struct list_head list;
@@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ struct nfit_blk {
 	u64 stat_offset;
 	u64 cmd_offset;
 	void __iomem *nvdimm_flush;
+	u32 dimm_flags;
 };
 
 enum spa_map_type {