diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 7646818ab266ff81b86003b28f661fdbd7d9ba2f..38f9222606eeb22409c6e0b87044a8c45a66cb68 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -959,8 +959,11 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	if (sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT2_MOUNT_DAX) {
 		err = bdev_dax_supported(sb, blocksize);
-		if (err)
-			goto failed_mount;
+		if (err) {
+			ext2_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+				"DAX unsupported by block device. Turning off DAX.");
+			sbi->s_mount_opt &= ~EXT2_MOUNT_DAX;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* If the blocksize doesn't match, re-read the thing.. */