diff --git a/drivers/dax/bus.c b/drivers/dax/bus.c
index 6683d42..da2a14d 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/bus.c
@@ -1324,11 +1324,12 @@ struct dev_dax *devm_create_dev_dax(struct dev_dax_data *data)
 	 * No dax_operations since there is no access to this device outside of
 	 * mmap of the resulting character device.
 	 */
-	dax_dev = alloc_dax(dev_dax, NULL, DAXDEV_F_SYNC);
+	dax_dev = alloc_dax(dev_dax, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(dax_dev)) {
 		rc = PTR_ERR(dax_dev);
 		goto err_alloc_dax;
 	}
+	set_dax_synchronous(dax_dev);
 
 	/* a device_dax instance is dead while the driver is not attached */
 	kill_dax(dax_dev);