diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 47fc63295422..e51622c8e482 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -292,18 +292,12 @@ xfs_file_read_iter(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = ip->i_mount;
 	size_t			size = iov_iter_count(to);
 	ssize_t			ret = 0;
-	int			ioflags = 0;
 	xfs_fsize_t		n;
 	loff_t			pos = iocb->ki_pos;
 
 	XFS_STATS_INC(mp, xs_read_calls);
 
-	if (unlikely(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT))
-		ioflags |= XFS_IO_ISDIRECT;
-	if (file->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME)
-		ioflags |= XFS_IO_INVIS;
-
-	if ((ioflags & XFS_IO_ISDIRECT) && !IS_DAX(inode)) {
+	if ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) && !IS_DAX(inode)) {
 		xfs_buftarg_t	*target =
 			XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) ?
 				mp->m_rtdev_targp : mp->m_ddev_targp;
@@ -336,7 +330,7 @@ xfs_file_read_iter(
 	 * serialisation.
 	 */
 	xfs_rw_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
-	if ((ioflags & XFS_IO_ISDIRECT) && inode->i_mapping->nrpages) {
+	if ((iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) && inode->i_mapping->nrpages) {
 		xfs_rw_iunlock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED);
 		xfs_rw_ilock(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 
@@ -370,7 +364,10 @@ xfs_file_read_iter(
 		xfs_rw_ilock_demote(ip, XFS_IOLOCK_EXCL);
 	}
 
-	trace_xfs_file_read(ip, size, pos, ioflags);
+	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT)
+		trace_xfs_file_direct_read(ip, size, pos);
+	else
+		trace_xfs_file_buffered_read(ip, size, pos);
 
 	ret = generic_file_read_iter(iocb, to);
 	if (ret > 0)
@@ -389,18 +386,14 @@ xfs_file_splice_read(
 	unsigned int		flags)
 {
 	struct xfs_inode	*ip = XFS_I(infilp->f_mapping->host);
-	int			ioflags = 0;
 	ssize_t			ret;
 
 	XFS_STATS_INC(ip->i_mount, xs_read_calls);
 
-	if (infilp->f_mode & FMODE_NOCMTIME)
-		ioflags |= XFS_IO_INVIS;
-
 	if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(ip->i_mount))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	trace_xfs_file_splice_read(ip, count, *ppos, ioflags);
+	trace_xfs_file_splice_read(ip, count, *ppos);
 
 	/*
 	 * DAX inodes cannot ues the page cache for splice, so we have to push
@@ -789,7 +782,7 @@ xfs_file_dio_aio_write(
 		iolock = XFS_IOLOCK_SHARED;
 	}
 
-	trace_xfs_file_direct_write(ip, count, iocb->ki_pos, 0);
+	trace_xfs_file_direct_write(ip, count, iocb->ki_pos);
 
 	data = *from;
 	ret = mapping->a_ops->direct_IO(iocb, &data);
@@ -839,8 +832,7 @@ xfs_file_buffered_aio_write(
 	current->backing_dev_info = inode_to_bdi(inode);
 
 write_retry:
-	trace_xfs_file_buffered_write(ip, iov_iter_count(from),
-				      iocb->ki_pos, 0);
+	trace_xfs_file_buffered_write(ip, iov_iter_count(from), iocb->ki_pos);
 	ret = generic_perform_write(file, from, iocb->ki_pos);
 	if (likely(ret >= 0))
 		iocb->ki_pos += ret;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
index e52d7c7aeb5b..57b66d2bbc45 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.h
@@ -479,14 +479,4 @@ do { \
 
 extern struct kmem_zone	*xfs_inode_zone;
 
-/*
- * Flags for read/write calls
- */
-#define XFS_IO_ISDIRECT	0x00001		/* bypass page cache */
-#define XFS_IO_INVIS	0x00002		/* don't update inode timestamps */
-
-#define XFS_IO_FLAGS \
-	{ XFS_IO_ISDIRECT,	"DIRECT" }, \
-	{ XFS_IO_INVIS,		"INVIS"}
-
 #endif	/* __XFS_INODE_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
index ea94ee0fe5ea..a1bc5c64a573 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trace.h
@@ -1134,15 +1134,14 @@ TRACE_EVENT(xfs_log_assign_tail_lsn,
 )
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_file_class,
-	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_inode *ip, size_t count, loff_t offset, int flags),
-	TP_ARGS(ip, count, offset, flags),
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_inode *ip, size_t count, loff_t offset),
+	TP_ARGS(ip, count, offset),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(dev_t, dev)
 		__field(xfs_ino_t, ino)
 		__field(xfs_fsize_t, size)
 		__field(loff_t, offset)
 		__field(size_t, count)
-		__field(int, flags)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->dev = VFS_I(ip)->i_sb->s_dev;
@@ -1150,23 +1149,21 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(xfs_file_class,
 		__entry->size = ip->i_d.di_size;
 		__entry->offset = offset;
 		__entry->count = count;
-		__entry->flags = flags;
 	),
-	TP_printk("dev %d:%d ino 0x%llx size 0x%llx "
-		  "offset 0x%llx count 0x%zx ioflags %s",
+	TP_printk("dev %d:%d ino 0x%llx size 0x%llx offset 0x%llx count 0x%zx",
 		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
 		  __entry->ino,
 		  __entry->size,
 		  __entry->offset,
-		  __entry->count,
-		  __print_flags(__entry->flags, "|", XFS_IO_FLAGS))
+		  __entry->count)
 )
 
 #define DEFINE_RW_EVENT(name)		\
 DEFINE_EVENT(xfs_file_class, name,	\
-	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_inode *ip, size_t count, loff_t offset, int flags),	\
-	TP_ARGS(ip, count, offset, flags))
-DEFINE_RW_EVENT(xfs_file_read);
+	TP_PROTO(struct xfs_inode *ip, size_t count, loff_t offset),	\
+	TP_ARGS(ip, count, offset))
+DEFINE_RW_EVENT(xfs_file_buffered_read);
+DEFINE_RW_EVENT(xfs_file_direct_read);
 DEFINE_RW_EVENT(xfs_file_buffered_write);
 DEFINE_RW_EVENT(xfs_file_direct_write);
 DEFINE_RW_EVENT(xfs_file_splice_read);