diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 86122e459fe0..1a13ef0b1ca1 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 menuconfig BLOCK
        bool "Enable the block layer" if EXPERT
        default y
+       select FS_IOMAP
        select SBITMAP
        help
 	 Provide block layer support for the kernel.
diff --git a/block/fops.c b/block/fops.c
index f0b822c28ddf..063ece37d44e 100644
--- a/block/fops.c
+++ b/block/fops.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/suspend.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/iomap.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include "blk.h"
 
@@ -386,6 +387,27 @@ static ssize_t blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	return __blkdev_direct_IO(iocb, iter, bio_max_segs(nr_pages));
 }
 
+static int blkdev_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
+		unsigned int flags, struct iomap *iomap, struct iomap *srcmap)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(inode);
+	loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
+
+	iomap->bdev = bdev;
+	iomap->offset = ALIGN_DOWN(offset, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
+	if (iomap->offset >= isize)
+		return -EIO;
+	iomap->type = IOMAP_MAPPED;
+	iomap->addr = iomap->offset;
+	iomap->length = isize - iomap->offset;
+	iomap->flags |= IOMAP_F_BUFFER_HEAD;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct iomap_ops blkdev_iomap_ops = {
+	.iomap_begin		= blkdev_iomap_begin,
+};
+
 static int blkdev_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	return block_write_full_page(page, blkdev_get_block, wbc);
@@ -556,6 +578,11 @@ blkdev_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	return written;
 }
 
+static ssize_t blkdev_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
+{
+	return iomap_file_buffered_write(iocb, from, &blkdev_iomap_ops);
+}
+
 /*
  * Write data to the block device.  Only intended for the block device itself
  * and the raw driver which basically is a fake block device.
@@ -605,9 +632,9 @@ static ssize_t blkdev_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		ret = blkdev_direct_write(iocb, from);
 		if (ret >= 0 && iov_iter_count(from))
 			ret = direct_write_fallback(iocb, from, ret,
-					generic_perform_write(iocb, from));
+					blkdev_buffered_write(iocb, from));
 	} else {
-		ret = generic_perform_write(iocb, from);
+		ret = blkdev_buffered_write(iocb, from);
 	}
 
 	if (ret > 0)