diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 043944fd46eb..8516adeaea26 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@ void bio_iov_bvec_set(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	bio->bi_io_vec = (struct bio_vec *)iter->bvec;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_bvec_done = iter->iov_offset;
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_size = size;
-	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF);
 	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_CLONED);
 }
 
@@ -1336,6 +1335,7 @@ int bio_iov_iter_get_pages(struct bio *bio, struct iov_iter *iter)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_PAGE_REFFED);
 	do {
 		ret = __bio_iov_iter_get_pages(bio, iter);
 	} while (!ret && iov_iter_count(iter) && !bio_full(bio, 0));
diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 04c55f1c492e..33d9f6e89ba6 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static int bio_map_user_iov(struct request *rq, struct iov_iter *iter,
 	if (blk_queue_pci_p2pdma(rq->q))
 		extraction_flags |= ITER_ALLOW_P2PDMA;
 
+	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_PAGE_REFFED);
 	while (iov_iter_count(iter)) {
 		struct page **pages, *stack_pages[UIO_FASTIOV];
 		ssize_t bytes;
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 0b380bb8a81e..ad20f3428bab 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -402,6 +402,8 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 		bio->bi_end_io = dio_bio_end_aio;
 	else
 		bio->bi_end_io = dio_bio_end_io;
+	/* for now require references for all pages */
+	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_PAGE_REFFED);
 	sdio->bio = bio;
 	sdio->logical_offset_in_bio = sdio->cur_page_fs_offset;
 }
diff --git a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
index 66a9f10e3207..08873f0627dd 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/direct-io.c
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ static void iomap_dio_zero(const struct iomap_iter *iter, struct iomap_dio *dio,
 	bio->bi_private = dio;
 	bio->bi_end_io = iomap_dio_bio_end_io;
 
-	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF);
 	__bio_add_page(bio, page, len, 0);
 	iomap_dio_submit_bio(iter, dio, bio, pos);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 7f53be035cf0..0922729acd26 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ void zero_fill_bio(struct bio *bio);
 
 static inline void bio_release_pages(struct bio *bio, bool mark_dirty)
 {
-	if (!bio_flagged(bio, BIO_NO_PAGE_REF))
+	if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_PAGE_REFFED))
 		__bio_release_pages(bio, mark_dirty);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 740afe80f297..dfd2c2cb909d 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ struct bio {
  * bio flags
  */
 enum {
-	BIO_NO_PAGE_REF,	/* don't put release vec pages */
+	BIO_PAGE_REFFED,	/* put pages in bio_release_pages() */
 	BIO_CLONED,		/* doesn't own data */
 	BIO_BOUNCED,		/* bio is a bounce bio */
 	BIO_QUIET,		/* Make BIO Quiet */