diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index 81f2f93caec0..1ec4a36917bd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ xfs_inode_supports_dax(
 		return false;
 
 	/* DAX mount option or DAX iflag must be set. */
-	if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX) &&
+	if (xfs_mount_dax_mode(mp) != XFS_DAX_ALWAYS &&
 	    !(ip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX))
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
index 88ab09ed29e7..ce027ee06692 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.h
@@ -233,7 +233,31 @@ typedef struct xfs_mount {
 						   allocator */
 #define XFS_MOUNT_NOATTR2	(1ULL << 25)	/* disable use of attr2 format */
 
-#define XFS_MOUNT_DAX		(1ULL << 62)	/* TEST ONLY! */
+/* DAX flag is a 2 bit field representing a tri-state for dax
+ *      iflag, always, never
+ * We reserve/document the 2 bits using dax field/field2
+ */
+#define XFS_DAX_FIELD_MASK 0x3ULL
+#define XFS_DAX_FIELD_SHIFT 62
+#define XFS_MOUNT_DAX_FIELD	(1ULL << 62)
+#define XFS_MOUNT_DAX_FIELD2	(1ULL << 63)
+
+enum {
+	XFS_DAX_IFLAG = 0,
+	XFS_DAX_ALWAYS = 1,
+	XFS_DAX_NEVER = 2,
+};
+
+static inline void xfs_mount_set_dax(struct xfs_mount *mp, u32 val)
+{
+	mp->m_flags &= ~(XFS_DAX_FIELD_MASK << XFS_DAX_FIELD_SHIFT);
+	mp->m_flags |= ((val & XFS_DAX_FIELD_MASK) << XFS_DAX_FIELD_SHIFT);
+}
+
+static inline u32 xfs_mount_dax_mode(struct xfs_mount *mp)
+{
+	return (mp->m_flags >> XFS_DAX_FIELD_SHIFT) & XFS_DAX_FIELD_MASK;
+}
 
 /*
  * Max and min values for mount-option defined I/O
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 2094386af8ac..d2fd465eeed5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ static struct kset *xfs_kset;		/* top-level xfs sysfs dir */
 static struct xfs_kobj xfs_dbg_kobj;	/* global debug sysfs attrs */
 #endif
 
+static const struct constant_table dax_param_enums[] = {
+	{"iflag",	XFS_DAX_IFLAG },
+	{"always",	XFS_DAX_ALWAYS },
+	{"never",	XFS_DAX_NEVER },
+	{}
+};
+
 /*
  * Table driven mount option parser.
  */
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ enum {
 	Opt_filestreams, Opt_quota, Opt_noquota, Opt_usrquota, Opt_grpquota,
 	Opt_prjquota, Opt_uquota, Opt_gquota, Opt_pquota,
 	Opt_uqnoenforce, Opt_gqnoenforce, Opt_pqnoenforce, Opt_qnoenforce,
-	Opt_discard, Opt_nodiscard, Opt_dax,
+	Opt_discard, Opt_nodiscard, Opt_dax, Opt_dax_enum,
 };
 
 static const struct fs_parameter_spec xfs_fs_parameters[] = {
@@ -103,6 +110,7 @@ static const struct fs_parameter_spec xfs_fs_parameters[] = {
 	fsparam_flag("discard",		Opt_discard),
 	fsparam_flag("nodiscard",	Opt_nodiscard),
 	fsparam_flag("dax",		Opt_dax),
+	fsparam_enum("dax",		Opt_dax_enum, dax_param_enums),
 	{}
 };
 
@@ -129,7 +137,6 @@ xfs_fs_show_options(
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_GRPID,		",grpid" },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_DISCARD,		",discard" },
 		{ XFS_MOUNT_LARGEIO,		",largeio" },
-		{ XFS_MOUNT_DAX,		",dax" },
 		{ 0, NULL }
 	};
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = XFS_M(root->d_sb);
@@ -185,6 +192,20 @@ xfs_fs_show_options(
 	if (!(mp->m_qflags & XFS_ALL_QUOTA_ACCT))
 		seq_puts(m, ",noquota");
 
+	switch (xfs_mount_dax_mode(mp)) {
+		case XFS_DAX_IFLAG:
+			seq_puts(m, ",dax=iflag");
+			break;
+		case XFS_DAX_ALWAYS:
+			seq_puts(m, ",dax=always");
+			break;
+		case XFS_DAX_NEVER:
+			seq_puts(m, ",dax=never");
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1244,7 +1265,10 @@ xfs_fc_parse_param(
 		return 0;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
 	case Opt_dax:
-		mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_DAX;
+		xfs_mount_set_dax(mp, XFS_DAX_ALWAYS);
+		return 0;
+	case Opt_dax_enum:
+		xfs_mount_set_dax(mp, result.uint_32);
 		return 0;
 #endif
 	default:
@@ -1437,7 +1461,7 @@ xfs_fc_fill_super(
 	if (XFS_SB_VERSION_NUM(&mp->m_sb) == XFS_SB_VERSION_5)
 		sb->s_flags |= SB_I_VERSION;
 
-	if (mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX) {
+	if (xfs_mount_dax_mode(mp) == XFS_DAX_ALWAYS) {
 		bool rtdev_is_dax = false, datadev_is_dax;
 
 		xfs_warn(mp,
@@ -1451,7 +1475,7 @@ xfs_fc_fill_super(
 		if (!rtdev_is_dax && !datadev_is_dax) {
 			xfs_alert(mp,
 			"DAX unsupported by block device. Turning off DAX.");
-			mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_DAX;
+			xfs_mount_set_dax(mp, XFS_DAX_NEVER);
 		}
 		if (xfs_sb_version_hasreflink(&mp->m_sb)) {
 			xfs_alert(mp,
