diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index 947343730e2c..65d32364345d 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -485,6 +485,13 @@ __iomap_dio_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		iomap_flags |= IOMAP_NOWAIT;
 	}
 
+	if (dio_flags & IOMAP_DIO_OVERWRITE_ONLY) {
+		ret = -EAGAIN;
+		if (pos >= dio->i_size || pos + count > dio->i_size)
+			goto out_free_dio;
+		iomap_flags |= IOMAP_OVERWRITE_ONLY;
+	}
+
 	ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(mapping, pos, end);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_free_dio;
diff --git a/include/linux/iomap.h b/include/linux/iomap.h
index be4e1e1e01e8..1a86f520de56 100644
--- a/include/linux/iomap.h
+++ b/include/linux/iomap.h
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ struct iomap_page_ops {
 #define IOMAP_FAULT		(1 << 3) /* mapping for page fault */
 #define IOMAP_DIRECT		(1 << 4) /* direct I/O */
 #define IOMAP_NOWAIT		(1 << 5) /* do not block */
+#define IOMAP_OVERWRITE_ONLY	(1 << 6) /* only pure overwrites allowed */
 
 struct iomap_ops {
 	/*
@@ -262,6 +263,13 @@ struct iomap_dio_ops {
  */
 #define IOMAP_DIO_FORCE_WAIT	(1 << 0)
 
+/*
+ * Do not allocate blocks or zero partial blocks, but instead fall back to
+ * the caller by returning -EAGAIN.  Used to optimize direct I/O writes that
+ * are not aligned to the file system block size.
+  */
+#define IOMAP_DIO_OVERWRITE_ONLY	(1 << 1)
+
 ssize_t iomap_dio_rw(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		const struct iomap_ops *ops, const struct iomap_dio_ops *dops,
 		unsigned int dio_flags);