diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 1578c22..ad72420 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1695,8 +1695,7 @@
 	loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
 	loff_t pos = *ppos;
 
-	/* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
-	if (file->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
+	if (io_is_direct(file)) {
 		struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 		struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 		size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
@@ -2584,8 +2583,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
-	if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)) {
+	if (io_is_direct(file)) {
 		loff_t endbyte;
 
 		written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from, pos);