diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index e34814590453..97c0e31241b7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ xfs_inode_supports_dax(
 		return false;
 
 	/* DAX mount option or DAX iflag must be set. */
-	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX) &&
+	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS) &&
 	    !(ip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index b2e4598fdf7d..f6123fb0113c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -237,8 +237,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 #define XFS_MOUNT_FILESTREAMS	(1ULL << 24)	/* enable the filestreams
 						   allocator */
 #define XFS_MOUNT_NOATTR2	(1ULL << 25)	/* disable use of attr2 format */
-
-#define XFS_MOUNT_DAX		(1ULL << 62)	/* TEST ONLY! */
+#define XFS_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS	(1ULL << 26)
 
 /*
  * Max and min values for mount-option defined I/O
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 424bb9a2d532..ce169d1c7474 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ xfs_fs_show_options(
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_GRPID,		",grpid" },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD,		",discard" },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_LARGEIO,		",largeio" },
-		{ XFS_MOUNT_DAX,		",dax" },
+		{ XFS_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS,		",dax" },
 		{ 0, NULL }
 	};
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = XFS_M(root->d_sb);
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ xfs_fc_parse_param(
 		return 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
 	case Opt_dax:
-		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DAX;
+		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS;
 		return 0;
 #endif
 	default:
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ xfs_fc_fill_super(
 	if (XFS_SB_VERSION_NUM(&mp->m_sb) == XFS_SB_VERSION_5)
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_I_VERSION;
 
-	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX) {
+	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS) {
 		bool rtdev_is_dax = false, datadev_is_dax;
 
 		xfs_warn(mp,
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ xfs_fc_fill_super(
 		if (!rtdev_is_dax && !datadev_is_dax) {
 			xfs_alert(mp,
 			"DAX unsupported by block device. Turning off DAX.");
-			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DAX;
+			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS;
 		}
 		if (xfs_sb_version_hasreflink(&mp->m_sb)) {
 			xfs_alert(mp,