diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 75ba46d82a761cc8aced5e8ed2041a1d2c336e60..2494255c5785515ccb0aa4d30f1a8ba297fa89d1 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ int __dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	if (error)
 		goto unlock_page;
 
-	if (!buffer_mapped(&bh) && !buffer_unwritten(&bh) && !vmf->cow_page) {
+	if (!buffer_mapped(&bh) && !vmf->cow_page) {
 		if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {
 			error = get_block(inode, block, &bh, 1);
 			count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);