diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index 05c35aacb3aaeadb4cfddd73a14fed73a7c1bbe0..6d35dd4e9efbe45384dca916bf447396a30fe02e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -141,9 +141,27 @@ static int linear_iterate_devices(struct dm_target *ti,
 	return fn(ti, lc->dev, lc->start, ti->len, data);
 }
 
+static long linear_direct_access(struct dm_target *ti, sector_t sector,
+				 void __pmem **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn, long size)
+{
+	struct linear_c *lc = ti->private;
+	struct block_device *bdev = lc->dev->bdev;
+	struct blk_dax_ctl dax = {
+		.sector = linear_map_sector(ti, sector),
+		.size = size,
+	};
+	long ret;
+
+	ret = bdev_direct_access(bdev, &dax);
+	*kaddr = dax.addr;
+	*pfn = dax.pfn;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static struct target_type linear_target = {
 	.name   = "linear",
-	.version = {1, 2, 1},
+	.version = {1, 3, 0},
 	.module = THIS_MODULE,
 	.ctr    = linear_ctr,
 	.dtr    = linear_dtr,
@@ -151,6 +169,7 @@ static struct target_type linear_target = {
 	.status = linear_status,
 	.prepare_ioctl = linear_prepare_ioctl,
 	.iterate_devices = linear_iterate_devices,
+	.direct_access = linear_direct_access,
 };
 
 int __init dm_linear_init(void)