diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectIOIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectIOIT.java
index 02e17e3395760..600555320dc02 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectIOIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/DirectIOIT.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 @LuceneTestCase.SuppressCodecs("*") // only use our own codecs
 public class DirectIOIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
 
+    private static boolean SUPPORTED;
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void checkSupported() {
         assumeTrue("Direct IO is not enabled", ES818BinaryQuantizedVectorsFormat.USE_DIRECT_IO);
@@ -50,8 +52,9 @@ public static void checkSupported() {
         Path path = createTempDir("directIOProbe");
         try (Directory dir = open(path); IndexOutput out = dir.createOutput("out", IOContext.DEFAULT)) {
             out.writeString("test");
+            SUPPORTED = true;
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            assumeNoException("test requires filesystem that supports Direct IO", e);
+            SUPPORTED = false;
         }
     }
 
@@ -109,15 +112,21 @@ static void assertBBQIndexType(String type) {
     @TestLogging(value = "org.elasticsearch.index.store.FsDirectoryFactory:DEBUG", reason = "to capture trace logging for direct IO")
     public void testDirectIOUsed() {
         try (MockLog mockLog = MockLog.capture(FsDirectoryFactory.class)) {
-            // we're just looking for some evidence direct IO is used
-            mockLog.addExpectation(
-                new MockLog.PatternSeenEventExpectation(
+            // we're just looking for some evidence direct IO is used (or not)
+            MockLog.LoggingExpectation expectation = SUPPORTED
+                ? new MockLog.PatternSeenEventExpectation(
                     "Direct IO used",
                     FsDirectoryFactory.class.getCanonicalName(),
                     Level.DEBUG,
                     "Opening .*\\.vec with direct IO"
                 )
-            );
+                : new MockLog.PatternSeenEventExpectation(
+                    "Direct IO not used",
+                    FsDirectoryFactory.class.getCanonicalName(),
+                    Level.DEBUG,
+                    "Could not open .*\\.vec with direct IO"
+                );
+            mockLog.addExpectation(expectation);
 
             indexVectors();
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryFactory.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryFactory.java
index a5b35b64e7664..bcc09dbe65f9e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryFactory.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/FsDirectoryFactory.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.store.NativeFSLockFactory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.ReadAdvice;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.SimpleFSLockFactory;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting.Property;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.FeatureFlag;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.plugins.IndexStorePlugin;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystemException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -157,22 +159,38 @@ protected boolean useDirectIO(String name, IOContext context, OptionalLong fileL
 
         @Override
         public IndexInput openInput(String name, IOContext context) throws IOException {
+            Throwable directIOException = null;
             if (directIODelegate != null && context.hints().contains(DirectIOHint.INSTANCE)) {
                 ensureOpen();
                 ensureCanRead(name);
-                Log.debug("Opening {} with direct IO", name);
-                return directIODelegate.openInput(name, context);
-            } else if (useDelegate(name, context)) {
-                // we need to do these checks on the outer directory since the inner doesn't know about pending deletes
-                ensureOpen();
-                ensureCanRead(name);
-                // we only use the mmap to open inputs. Everything else is managed by the NIOFSDirectory otherwise
-                // we might run into trouble with files that are pendingDelete in one directory but still
-                // listed in listAll() from the other. We on the other hand don't want to list files from both dirs
-                // and intersect for perf reasons.
-                return delegate.openInput(name, context);
-            } else {
-                return super.openInput(name, context);
+                try {
+                    Log.debug("Opening {} with direct IO", name);
+                    return directIODelegate.openInput(name, context);
+                } catch (FileSystemException e) {
+                    Log.debug(() -> Strings.format("Could not open %s with direct IO", name), e);
+                    directIOException = e;
+                    // and fallthrough to normal opening below
+                }
+            }
+
+            try {
+                if (useDelegate(name, context)) {
+                    // we need to do these checks on the outer directory since the inner doesn't know about pending deletes
+                    ensureOpen();
+                    ensureCanRead(name);
+                    // we only use the mmap to open inputs. Everything else is managed by the NIOFSDirectory otherwise
+                    // we might run into trouble with files that are pendingDelete in one directory but still
+                    // listed in listAll() from the other. We on the other hand don't want to list files from both dirs
+                    // and intersect for perf reasons.
+                    return delegate.openInput(name, context);
+                } else {
+                    return super.openInput(name, context);
+                }
+            } catch (Throwable t) {
+                if (directIOException != null) {
+                    t.addSuppressed(directIOException);
+                }
+                throw t;
             }
         }