diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index f394aff59c36..3988b43c2f5a 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -530,13 +530,13 @@ void fuse_read_fill(struct fuse_req *req, struct file *file, loff_t pos,
 	req->out.args[0].size = count;
 }
 
-static void fuse_release_user_pages(struct fuse_req *req, int write)
+static void fuse_release_user_pages(struct fuse_req *req, bool should_dirty)
 {
 	unsigned i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < req->num_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *page = req->pages[i];
-		if (write)
+		if (should_dirty)
 			set_page_dirty_lock(page);
 		put_page(page);
 	}
@@ -1320,6 +1320,7 @@ ssize_t fuse_direct_io(struct fuse_io_priv *io, struct iov_iter *iter,
 		       loff_t *ppos, int flags)
 {
 	int write = flags & FUSE_DIO_WRITE;
+	bool should_dirty = !write && iter_is_iovec(iter);
 	int cuse = flags & FUSE_DIO_CUSE;
 	struct file *file = io->file;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
@@ -1363,7 +1364,7 @@ ssize_t fuse_direct_io(struct fuse_io_priv *io, struct iov_iter *iter,
 			nres = fuse_send_read(req, io, pos, nbytes, owner);
 
 		if (!io->async)
-			fuse_release_user_pages(req, !write);
+			fuse_release_user_pages(req, should_dirty);
 		if (req->out.h.error) {
 			err = req->out.h.error;
 			break;