diff --git a/lucene/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/DirectIODirectory.java b/lucene/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/DirectIODirectory.java
index 8676668f661..d51ab5cc7ba 100644
--- a/lucene/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/DirectIODirectory.java
+++ b/lucene/misc/src/java/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/DirectIODirectory.java
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ public class DirectIODirectory extends FilterDirectory {
      * Creates a new instance of DirectIOIndexOutput for writing index output with direct IO
      * bypassing OS buffer
      *
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the operating system, file system or JDK does not
-     *     support Direct I/O or a sufficient equivalent.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the JDK does not support Direct I/O
+     * @throws IOException if the operating system or filesystem does not support support Direct I/O
+     *     or a sufficient equivalent.
      */
     public DirectIOIndexOutput(Path path, String name, int blockSize, int bufferSize)
         throws IOException {
@@ -300,8 +301,9 @@ public class DirectIODirectory extends FilterDirectory {
      * Creates a new instance of DirectIOIndexInput for reading index input with direct IO bypassing
      * OS buffer
      *
-     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the operating system, file system or JDK does not
-     *     support Direct I/O or a sufficient equivalent.
+     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the JDK does not support Direct I/O
+     * @throws IOException if the operating system or filesystem does not support support Direct I/O
+     *     or a sufficient equivalent.
      */
     public DirectIOIndexInput(Path path, int blockSize, int bufferSize) throws IOException {
       super("DirectIOIndexInput(path=\"" + path + "\")");
diff --git a/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/TestDirectIODirectory.java b/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/TestDirectIODirectory.java
index 1c11782199c..b24fc4cefbe 100644
--- a/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/TestDirectIODirectory.java
+++ b/lucene/misc/src/test/org/apache/lucene/misc/store/TestDirectIODirectory.java
@@ -34,14 +34,21 @@ import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 public class TestDirectIODirectory extends BaseDirectoryTestCase {
 
   @BeforeClass
-  public static void checkSupported() {
+  public static void checkSupported() throws IOException {
     assumeTrue(
         "This test required a JDK version that has support for ExtendedOpenOption.DIRECT",
         DirectIODirectory.ExtendedOpenOption_DIRECT != null);
+    // jdk supports it, let's check that the filesystem does too
+    Path path = createTempDir("directIOProbe");
+    try (Directory dir = open(path);
+        IndexOutput out = dir.createOutput("out", IOContext.DEFAULT)) {
+      out.writeString("test");
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      assumeNoException("test requires filesystem that supports Direct IO", e);
+    }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  protected DirectIODirectory getDirectory(Path path) throws IOException {
+  private static DirectIODirectory open(Path path) throws IOException {
     return new DirectIODirectory(FSDirectory.open(path)) {
       @Override
       protected boolean useDirectIO(String name, IOContext context, OptionalLong fileLength) {
@@ -50,6 +57,11 @@ public class TestDirectIODirectory extends BaseDirectoryTestCase {
     };
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected DirectIODirectory getDirectory(Path path) throws IOException {
+    return open(path);
+  }
+
   public void testIndexWriteRead() throws IOException {
     try (Directory dir = getDirectory(createTempDir("testDirectIODirectory"))) {
       try (RandomIndexWriter iw = new RandomIndexWriter(random(), dir)) {