diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index de2543d3c283..7ececa1c6c4f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ static inline int put_dreq(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq)
  */
 ssize_t nfs_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov, loff_t pos, unsigned long nr_segs)
 {
+	struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping->host;
+
+	/* we only support swap file calling nfs_direct_IO */
+	if (!IS_SWAPFILE(inode))
+		return 0;
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_NFS_SWAP
 	dprintk("NFS: nfs_direct_IO (%pD) off/no(%Ld/%lu) EINVAL\n",
 			iocb->ki_filp, (long long) pos, nr_segs);