diff --git a/fs/nfs/direct.c b/fs/nfs/direct.c
index 621c517b325c..89c03a507dd9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/direct.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/direct.c
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@ struct nfs_direct_req {
 	struct pnfs_ds_commit_info ds_cinfo;	/* Storage for cinfo */
 	struct work_struct	work;
 	int			flags;
+	/* for write */
 #define NFS_ODIRECT_DO_COMMIT		(1)	/* an unstable reply was received */
 #define NFS_ODIRECT_RESCHED_WRITES	(2)	/* write verification failed */
+	/* for read */
+#define NFS_ODIRECT_SHOULD_DIRTY	(3)	/* dirty user-space page after read */
 	struct nfs_writeverf	verf;		/* unstable write verifier */
 };
 
@@ -412,7 +415,8 @@ static void nfs_direct_read_completion(struct nfs_pgio_header *hdr)
 		struct nfs_page *req = nfs_list_entry(hdr->pages.next);
 		struct page *page = req->wb_page;
 
-		if (!PageCompound(page) && bytes < hdr->good_bytes)
+		if (!PageCompound(page) && bytes < hdr->good_bytes &&
+		    (dreq->flags == NFS_ODIRECT_SHOULD_DIRTY))
 			set_page_dirty(page);
 		bytes += req->wb_bytes;
 		nfs_list_remove_request(req);
@@ -587,6 +591,9 @@ ssize_t nfs_file_direct_read(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (!is_sync_kiocb(iocb))
 		dreq->iocb = iocb;
 
+	if (iter_is_iovec(iter))
+		dreq->flags = NFS_ODIRECT_SHOULD_DIRTY;
+
 	nfs_start_io_direct(inode);
 
 	NFS_I(inode)->read_io += count;