diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 7c00f105845ebb2601dd6083eb32046f91b06f32..a8c69c8c0a90a1e50cfdc822ce2cbc3854e0c8e8 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1840,15 +1840,16 @@ generic_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	ssize_t retval = 0;
 	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
 	loff_t pos = *ppos;
+	size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
+
+	if (!count)
+		goto out; /* skip atime */
 
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 		struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-		size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
 		loff_t size;
 
-		if (!count)
-			goto out; /* skip atime */
 		size = i_size_read(inode);
 		retval = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos,
 					pos + count - 1);