diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 97ef2a9d878d12..7643b1a078d9f1 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -451,6 +451,16 @@ struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops)
 	dev_t devt;
 	int minor;
 
+	/*
+	 * Unavailable on architectures with virtually aliased data caches,
+	 * except for device-dax (NULL operations pointer), which does
+	 * not use aliased mappings from the kernel.
+	 */
+	if (ops && (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM) ||
+	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MIPS) ||
+	    IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPARC)))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP);
+
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ops && !ops->zero_page_range))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 89fdbefd1075f8..713c8655fa0a6d 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ endif # BLOCK
 config FS_DAX
 	bool "File system based Direct Access (DAX) support"
 	depends on MMU
-	depends on !(ARM || MIPS || SPARC)
 	depends on ZONE_DEVICE || FS_DAX_LIMITED
 	select FS_IOMAP
 	select DAX