diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index 30505d70f423..5358894bb9fd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -2266,6 +2266,12 @@ static int writecache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (WC_MODE_PMEM(wc)) {
+		if (!dax_synchronous(wc->ssd_dev->dax_dev)) {
+			r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			ti->error = "Asynchronous persistent memory not supported as pmem cache";
+			goto bad;
+		}
+
 		r = persistent_memory_claim(wc);
 		if (r) {
 			ti->error = "Unable to map persistent memory for cache";