diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 9fe358090720..e9898457a7bd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -560,17 +560,19 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 	dax_dev = alloc_dax(pmem, &pmem_dax_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(dax_dev)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(dax_dev);
-		goto out;
+		if (rc != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+			goto out;
+	} else {
+		set_dax_nocache(dax_dev);
+		set_dax_nomc(dax_dev);
+		if (is_nvdimm_sync(nd_region))
+			set_dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
+		pmem->dax_dev = dax_dev;
+		rc = dax_add_host(dax_dev, disk);
+		if (rc)
+			goto out_cleanup_dax;
+		dax_write_cache(dax_dev, nvdimm_has_cache(nd_region));
 	}
-	set_dax_nocache(dax_dev);
-	set_dax_nomc(dax_dev);
-	if (is_nvdimm_sync(nd_region))
-		set_dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
-	pmem->dax_dev = dax_dev;
-	rc = dax_add_host(dax_dev, disk);
-	if (rc)
-		goto out_cleanup_dax;
-	dax_write_cache(dax_dev, nvdimm_has_cache(nd_region));
 	rc = device_add_disk(dev, disk, pmem_attribute_groups);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_remove_host;