diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 5417110cbf1b7..f4340dc1d3992 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
 #include <linux/list_sort.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -3304,6 +3305,10 @@ static int nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 		goto out_free_ns;
 	}
 
+	if (ctrl->opts->data_digest)
+		ns->queue->backing_dev_info->capabilities
+			|= BDI_CAP_STABLE_WRITES;
+
 	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, ns->queue);
 	if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_PCI_P2PDMA)
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_PCI_P2PDMA, ns->queue);