diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index c82cbcb64202..32642634c1bb 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ bool __generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (!dax_dev && !bdev_dax_supported(bdev, blocksize)) {
+		pr_debug("%s: error: dax unsupported by block device\n",
+				bdevname(bdev, buf));
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	id = dax_read_lock();
 	len = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff, 1, &kaddr, &pfn);
 	len2 = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff_end, 1, &end_kaddr, &end_pfn);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
index 61374def5155..b59032e0859b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/dimm_devs.c
@@ -529,6 +529,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_ADMIN_RW(activate);
 static struct attribute *nvdimm_firmware_attributes[] = {
 	&dev_attr_activate.attr,
 	&dev_attr_result.attr,
+	NULL,
 };
 
 static umode_t nvdimm_firmware_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *a, int n)