diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 6813680..ffc93ae 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ static void cleanup_mapped_device(struct mapped_device *md)
 static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 {
 	int r, numa_node_id = dm_get_numa_node();
-	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
+	struct dax_device *dax_dev = NULL;
 	struct mapped_device *md;
 	void *old_md;
 
@@ -1866,9 +1866,11 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor)
 	md->disk->private_data = md;
 	sprintf(md->disk->disk_name, "dm-%d", minor);
 
-	dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, md->disk->disk_name, &dm_dax_ops);
-	if (!dax_dev)
-		goto bad;
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER)) {
+		dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, md->disk->disk_name, &dm_dax_ops);
+		if (!dax_dev)
+			goto bad;
+	}
 	md->dax_dev = dax_dev;
 
 	add_disk_no_queue_reg(md->disk);