diff --git a/common/dmerror b/common/dmerror
index 5d2c1b68..6df87bd0 100644
--- a/common/dmerror
+++ b/common/dmerror
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 #
 # common functions for setting up and tearing down a dmerror device
 
+echo $MOUNT_OPTIONS | grep -q dax
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	_notrun "Cannot run tests with DAX on dmerror devices"
+fi
+
 _dmerror_init()
 {
 	local dm_backing_dev=$SCRATCH_DEV