diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 1faf4cb..f86c720 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@
 	unsigned long user_addr;
 	size_t bytes;
 	struct buffer_head map_bh = { 0, };
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	if (rw & WRITE)
 		rw = WRITE_ODIRECT;
@@ -1177,6 +1178,8 @@
 				PAGE_SIZE - user_addr / PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
 	for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
 		user_addr = (unsigned long)iov[seg].iov_base;
 		sdio.size += bytes = iov[seg].iov_len;
@@ -1235,6 +1238,8 @@
 	if (sdio.bio)
 		dio_bio_submit(dio, &sdio);
 
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
 	/*
 	 * It is possible that, we return short IO due to end of file.
 	 * In that case, we need to release all the pages we got hold on.