diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 368664acb43a..4bdf5dec2cb9 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1876,7 +1876,10 @@ static ssize_t fuse_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 	struct fuse_file *ff = in->private_data;
 
 	/* FOPEN_DIRECT_IO overrides FOPEN_PASSTHROUGH */
-	if (fuse_file_passthrough(ff) && !(ff->open_flags & FOPEN_DIRECT_IO))
+
+	if (ff->open_flags & FOPEN_DIRECT_IO)
+		return copy_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
+	else if (fuse_file_passthrough(ff))
 		return fuse_passthrough_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 	else
 		return filemap_splice_read(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);