diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 482dda85ccaf..6b6e07ad8d80 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static int dax_iomap_direct_access(const struct iomap *iomap, loff_t pos,
 }
 
 /**
- * dax_iomap_cow_copy - Copy the data from source to destination before write
+ * dax_iomap_copy_around - Copy the data from source to destination before write
  * @pos:	address to do copy from.
  * @length:	size of copy operation.
  * @align_size:	aligned w.r.t align_size (either PMD_SIZE or PAGE_SIZE)
@@ -1101,35 +1101,50 @@ static int dax_iomap_direct_access(const struct iomap *iomap, loff_t pos,
  *
  * This can be called from two places. Either during DAX write fault (page
  * aligned), to copy the length size data to daddr. Or, while doing normal DAX
- * write operation, dax_iomap_actor() might call this to do the copy of either
+ * write operation, dax_iomap_iter() might call this to do the copy of either
  * start or end unaligned address. In the latter case the rest of the copy of
- * aligned ranges is taken care by dax_iomap_actor() itself.
+ * aligned ranges is taken care by dax_iomap_iter() itself.
+ * If the srcmap contains invalid data, such as HOLE and UNWRITTEN, zero the
+ * area to make sure no old data remains.
  */
-static int dax_iomap_cow_copy(loff_t pos, uint64_t length, size_t align_size,
+static int dax_iomap_copy_around(loff_t pos, uint64_t length, size_t align_size,
 		const struct iomap *srcmap, void *daddr)
 {
 	loff_t head_off = pos & (align_size - 1);
 	size_t size = ALIGN(head_off + length, align_size);
 	loff_t end = pos + length;
 	loff_t pg_end = round_up(end, align_size);
+	/* copy_all is usually in page fault case */
 	bool copy_all = head_off == 0 && end == pg_end;
+	/* zero the edges if srcmap is a HOLE or IOMAP_UNWRITTEN */
+	bool zero_edge = srcmap->flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED ||
+			 srcmap->type == IOMAP_UNWRITTEN;
 	void *saddr = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(srcmap, pos, size, &saddr, NULL);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (!zero_edge) {
+		ret = dax_iomap_direct_access(srcmap, pos, size, &saddr, NULL);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	if (copy_all) {
-		ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, length);
-		return ret ? -EIO : 0;
+		if (zero_edge)
+			memset(daddr, 0, size);
+		else
+			ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, length);
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Copy the head part of the range */
 	if (head_off) {
-		ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, head_off);
-		if (ret)
-			return -EIO;
+		if (zero_edge)
+			memset(daddr, 0, head_off);
+		else {
+			ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr, saddr, head_off);
+			if (ret)
+				return -EIO;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Copy the tail part of the range */
@@ -1137,12 +1152,19 @@ static int dax_iomap_cow_copy(loff_t pos, uint64_t length, size_t align_size,
 		loff_t tail_off = head_off + length;
 		loff_t tail_len = pg_end - end;
 
-		ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr + tail_off, saddr + tail_off,
-					tail_len);
-		if (ret)
-			return -EIO;
+		if (zero_edge)
+			memset(daddr + tail_off, 0, tail_len);
+		else {
+			ret = copy_mc_to_kernel(daddr + tail_off,
+						saddr + tail_off, tail_len);
+			if (ret)
+				return -EIO;
+		}
 	}
-	return 0;
+out:
+	if (zero_edge)
+		dax_flush(srcmap->dax_dev, daddr, size);
+	return ret ? -EIO : 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1241,13 +1263,10 @@ static int dax_memzero(struct iomap_iter *iter, loff_t pos, size_t size)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	memset(kaddr + offset, 0, size);
-	if (srcmap->addr != iomap->addr) {
-		ret = dax_iomap_cow_copy(pos, size, PAGE_SIZE, srcmap,
-					 kaddr);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
-		dax_flush(iomap->dax_dev, kaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
-	} else
+	if (iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED)
+		ret = dax_iomap_copy_around(pos, size, PAGE_SIZE, srcmap,
+					    kaddr);
+	else
 		dax_flush(iomap->dax_dev, kaddr + offset, size);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1401,8 +1420,8 @@ static loff_t dax_iomap_iter(const struct iomap_iter *iomi,
 		}
 
 		if (cow) {
-			ret = dax_iomap_cow_copy(pos, length, PAGE_SIZE, srcmap,
-						 kaddr);
+			ret = dax_iomap_copy_around(pos, length, PAGE_SIZE,
+						    srcmap, kaddr);
 			if (ret)
 				break;
 		}
@@ -1547,7 +1566,7 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 		struct xa_state *xas, void **entry, bool pmd)
 {
 	const struct iomap *iomap = &iter->iomap;
-	const struct iomap *srcmap = &iter->srcmap;
+	const struct iomap *srcmap = iomap_iter_srcmap(iter);
 	size_t size = pmd ? PMD_SIZE : PAGE_SIZE;
 	loff_t pos = (loff_t)xas->xa_index << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	bool write = iter->flags & IOMAP_WRITE;
@@ -1578,9 +1597,8 @@ static vm_fault_t dax_fault_iter(struct vm_fault *vmf,
 
 	*entry = dax_insert_entry(xas, vmf, iter, *entry, pfn, entry_flags);
 
-	if (write &&
-	    srcmap->type != IOMAP_HOLE && srcmap->addr != iomap->addr) {
-		err = dax_iomap_cow_copy(pos, size, size, srcmap, kaddr);
+	if (write && iomap->flags & IOMAP_F_SHARED) {
+		err = dax_iomap_copy_around(pos, size, size, srcmap, kaddr);
 		if (err)
 			return dax_fault_return(err);
 	}
