diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index f8145499da38..71d75037410a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -211,13 +211,10 @@ static void __loop_update_dio(struct loop_device *lo, bool dio)
 	if (lo->lo_state == Lo_bound)
 		blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 	lo->use_dio = use_dio;
-	if (use_dio) {
-		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
+	if (use_dio)
 		lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
-	} else {
-		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
+	else
 		lo->lo_flags &= ~LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO;
-	}
 	if (lo->lo_state == Lo_bound)
 		blk_mq_unfreeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
 }
@@ -2035,14 +2032,6 @@ static int loop_add(int i)
 	/* random number picked from the history block max_sectors cap */
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(lo->lo_queue, 2560u);
 
-	/*
-	 * By default, we do buffer IO, so it doesn't make sense to enable
-	 * merge because the I/O submitted to backing file is handled page by
-	 * page. For directio mode, merge does help to dispatch bigger request
-	 * to underlayer disk. We will enable merge once directio is enabled.
-	 */
-	blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
-
 	/*
 	 * Disable partition scanning by default. The in-kernel partition
 	 * scanning can be requested individually per-device during its