diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 8ca092303794..674527d770dc 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -189,18 +189,12 @@ static bool lo_can_use_dio(struct loop_device *lo)
  */
 static inline void loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo)
 {
-	bool dio_in_use = lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
-
 	lockdep_assert_held(&lo->lo_mutex);
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(lo->lo_state == Lo_bound &&
 		     lo->lo_queue->mq_freeze_depth == 0);
 
 	if ((lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO) && !lo_can_use_dio(lo))
 		lo->lo_flags &= ~LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
-
-	/* flush dirty pages before starting to issue direct I/O */
-	if ((lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO) && !dio_in_use)
-		vfs_fsync(lo->lo_backing_file, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -637,6 +631,13 @@ static int loop_change_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev,
 	if (get_loop_size(lo, file) != get_loop_size(lo, old_file))
 		goto out_err;
 
+	/*
+	 * We might switch to direct I/O mode for the loop device, write back
+	 * all dirty data the page cache now that so that the individual I/O
+	 * operations don't have to do that.
+	 */
+	vfs_fsync(file, 0);
+
 	/* and ... switch */
 	disk_force_media_change(lo->lo_disk);
 	memflags = blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
@@ -1105,6 +1106,13 @@ static int loop_configure(struct loop_device *lo, blk_mode_t mode,
 	if (error)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	/*
+	 * We might switch to direct I/O mode for the loop device, write back
+	 * all dirty data the page cache now that so that the individual I/O
+	 * operations don't have to do that.
+	 */
+	vfs_fsync(file, 0);
+
 	loop_update_dio(lo);
 	loop_sysfs_init(lo);