diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 1faf4cb56f3963d0945d8004b8640464b9e3b6fd..f86c720dba0eeea72d7ecefdefa8ad0b52886011 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	unsigned long user_addr;
 	size_t bytes;
 	struct buffer_head map_bh = { 0, };
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	if (rw & WRITE)
 		rw = WRITE_ODIRECT;
@@ -1177,6 +1178,8 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 				PAGE_SIZE - user_addr / PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
 	for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
 		user_addr = (unsigned long)iov[seg].iov_base;
 		sdio.size += bytes = iov[seg].iov_len;
@@ -1235,6 +1238,8 @@ do_blockdev_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, struct inode *inode,
 	if (sdio.bio)
 		dio_bio_submit(dio, &sdio);
 
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
 	/*
 	 * It is possible that, we return short IO due to end of file.
 	 * In that case, we need to release all the pages we got hold on.
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 2b0952974cb9835cd44f0a81f85d8069a3a7552d..384344575c375e1a1464734670218557c31e0e27 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1412,12 +1412,8 @@ generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos,
 					pos + iov_length(iov, nr_segs) - 1);
 			if (!retval) {
-				struct blk_plug plug;
-
-				blk_start_plug(&plug);
 				retval = mapping->a_ops->direct_IO(READ, iocb,
 							iov, pos, nr_segs);
-				blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 			}
 			if (retval > 0) {
 				*ppos = pos + retval;