diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index caaee8032afef3705c70862be7458d0d2453f249..7b6c3ee9e75526fbbd7e809394bca38fbfca3fcb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -882,23 +882,23 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_table_set_type);
 
 /* validate the dax capability of the target device span */
 int device_supports_dax(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
-				       sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
+			sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
 {
 	int blocksize = *(int *) data;
 
 	return generic_fsdax_supported(dev->dax_dev, dev->bdev, blocksize,
-			start, len);
+				       start, len);
 }
 
 /* Check devices support synchronous DAX */
-static int device_synchronous(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
-				       sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
+static int device_dax_synchronous(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
+				  sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
 {
-	return dax_synchronous(dev->dax_dev);
+	return dev->dax_dev && dax_synchronous(dev->dax_dev);
 }
 
 bool dm_table_supports_dax(struct dm_table *t,
-			  iterate_devices_callout_fn iterate_fn, int *blocksize)
+			   iterate_devices_callout_fn iterate_fn, int *blocksize)
 {
 	struct dm_target *ti;
 	unsigned i;
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ bool dm_table_supports_dax(struct dm_table *t,
 			return false;
 
 		if (!ti->type->iterate_devices ||
-			!ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, iterate_fn, blocksize))
+		    !ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, iterate_fn, blocksize))
 			return false;
 	}
 
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ void dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 
 	if (dm_table_supports_dax(t, device_supports_dax, &page_size)) {
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DAX, q);
-		if (dm_table_supports_dax(t, device_synchronous, NULL))
+		if (dm_table_supports_dax(t, device_dax_synchronous, NULL))
 			set_dax_synchronous(t->md->dax_dev);
 	}
 	else