diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 6b0bf4ebd812..0e2aa3f8bcab 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ ssize_t nfs_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	VM_BUG_ON(iov_iter_count(iter) != PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ)
-		return nfs_file_direct_read(iocb, iter);
-	return nfs_file_direct_write(iocb, iter);
+		return nfs_file_direct_read(iocb, iter, true);
+	return nfs_file_direct_write(iocb, iter, true);
 }
 
 static void nfs_direct_release_pages(struct page **pages, unsigned int npages)
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
  * nfs_file_direct_read - file direct read operation for NFS files
  * @iocb: target I/O control block
  * @iter: vector of user buffers into which to read data
+ * @swap: flag indicating this is swap IO, not O_DIRECT IO
  *
  * We use this function for direct reads instead of calling
  * generic_file_aio_read() in order to avoid gfar's check to see if
@@ -539,7 +540,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
  * client must read the updated atime from the server back into its
  * cache.
  */
-ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
+ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			     bool swap)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
@@ -581,12 +583,14 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (iter_is_iovec(iter))
 		dreq->flags = NFS_ODIRECT_SHOULD_DIRTY;
 
-	nfs_start_io_direct(inode);
+	if (!swap)
+		nfs_start_io_direct(inode);
 
 	NFS_I(inode)->read_io += count;
 	requested = nfs_direct_read_schedule_iovec(dreq, iter, iocb->ki_pos);
 
-	nfs_end_io_direct(inode);
+	if (!swap)
+		nfs_end_io_direct(inode);
 
 	if (requested > 0) {
 		result = nfs_direct_wait(dreq);
@@ -937,6 +941,7 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
  * nfs_file_direct_write - file direct write operation for NFS files
  * @iocb: target I/O control block
  * @iter: vector of user buffers from which to write data
+ * @swap: flag indicating this is swap IO, not O_DIRECT IO
  *
  * We use this function for direct writes instead of calling
  * generic_file_aio_write() in order to avoid taking the inode
@@ -953,7 +958,8 @@ static ssize_t nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(struct nfs_direct_req *dreq,
  * Note that O_APPEND is not supported for NFS direct writes, as there
  * is no atomic O_APPEND write facility in the NFS protocol.
  */
-ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
+ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
+			      bool swap)
 {
 	ssize_t result = -EINVAL, requested;
 	size_t count;
@@ -967,7 +973,11 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: direct write(%pD2, %zd@%Ld)\n",
 		file, iov_iter_count(iter), (long long) iocb->ki_pos);
 
-	result = generic_write_checks(iocb, iter);
+	if (swap)
+		/* bypass generic checks */
+		result =  iov_iter_count(iter);
+	else
+		result = generic_write_checks(iocb, iter);
 	if (result <= 0)
 		return result;
 	count = result;
@@ -997,16 +1007,20 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
 		dreq->iocb = iocb;
 
-	nfs_start_io_direct(inode);
+	if (swap) {
+		requested = nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(dreq, iter, pos);
+	} else {
+		nfs_start_io_direct(inode);
 
-	requested = nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(dreq, iter, pos);
+		requested = nfs_direct_write_schedule_iovec(dreq, iter, pos);
 
-	if (mapping->nrpages) {
-		invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping,
-					      pos >> PAGE_SHIFT, end);
-	}
+		if (mapping->nrpages) {
+			invalidate_inode_pages2_range(mapping,
+						      pos >> PAGE_SHIFT, end);
+		}
 
-	nfs_end_io_direct(inode);
+		nfs_end_io_direct(inode);
+	}
 
 	if (requested > 0) {
 		result = nfs_direct_wait(dreq);
diff --git a/fs/nfs/file.c b/fs/nfs/file.c
index 387a2cfa7e17..73415970af38 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/file.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ nfs_file_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 	ssize_t result;
 
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
-		return nfs_file_direct_read(iocb, to);
+		return nfs_file_direct_read(iocb, to, false);
 
 	dprintk("NFS: read(%pD2, %zu@%lu)\n",
 		iocb->ki_filp,
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		return result;
 
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
-		return nfs_file_direct_write(iocb, from);
+		return nfs_file_direct_write(iocb, from, false);
 
 	dprintk("NFS: write(%pD2, %zu@%Ld)\n",
 		file, iov_iter_count(from), (long long) iocb->ki_pos);
diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
index 978ef674f038..49cf5c855cbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_fs.h
@@ -480,10 +480,10 @@ static inline const struct cred *nfs_file_cred(struct file *file)
  * linux/fs/nfs/direct.c
  */
 extern ssize_t nfs_direct_IO(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
-extern ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
-			struct iov_iter *iter);
-extern ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
-			struct iov_iter *iter);
+ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
+			     struct iov_iter *iter, bool swap);
+ssize_t nfs_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
+			      struct iov_iter *iter, bool swap);
 
 /*
  * linux/fs/nfs/dir.c
