diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
index abe4eb997a842240f8b76875cc7cfbb7f55dbe0f..026a758e577867e6e14d94281156933e426d2e14 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
@@ -412,9 +412,40 @@ iblock_execute_unmap(struct se_cmd *cmd, sector_t lba, sector_t nolb)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static sense_reason_t
+iblock_execute_write_same_direct(struct block_device *bdev, struct se_cmd *cmd)
+{
+	struct se_device *dev = cmd->se_dev;
+	struct scatterlist *sg = &cmd->t_data_sg[0];
+	struct page *page = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (sg->offset) {
+		page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!page)
+			return TCM_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+		sg_copy_to_buffer(sg, cmd->t_data_nents, page_address(page),
+				  dev->dev_attrib.block_size);
+	}
+
+	ret = blkdev_issue_write_same(bdev,
+				target_to_linux_sector(dev, cmd->t_task_lba),
+				target_to_linux_sector(dev,
+					sbc_get_write_same_sectors(cmd)),
+				GFP_KERNEL, page ? page : sg_page(sg));
+	if (page)
+		__free_page(page);
+	if (ret)
+		return TCM_LOGICAL_UNIT_COMMUNICATION_FAILURE;
+
+	target_complete_cmd(cmd, GOOD);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static sense_reason_t
 iblock_execute_write_same(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 {
+	struct block_device *bdev = IBLOCK_DEV(cmd->se_dev)->ibd_bd;
 	struct iblock_req *ibr;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	struct bio *bio;
@@ -439,6 +470,9 @@ iblock_execute_write_same(struct se_cmd *cmd)
 		return TCM_INVALID_CDB_FIELD;
 	}
 
+	if (bdev_write_same(bdev))
+		return iblock_execute_write_same_direct(bdev, cmd);
+
 	ibr = kzalloc(sizeof(struct iblock_req), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ibr)
 		goto fail;