diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/create_isl_with_direct.result b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/create_isl_with_direct.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..87544e6dcdf3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/r/create_isl_with_direct.result
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'innodb_flush_method';
+Variable_name	Value
+innodb_flush_method	O_DIRECT
+CREATE TABLE t1 (x INT) ENGINE=INNODB, DATA DIRECTORY='MYSQL_TMP_DIR';
+# Contents of tmp/test directory containing .ibd file
+t1.ibd
+# Contents of the 'test' database directory containing .isl and .frm files
+t1.frm
+t1.isl
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/create_isl_with_direct.opt b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/create_isl_with_direct.opt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8f80f02e35914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/create_isl_with_direct.opt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--innodb_flush_method=O_DIRECT
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/create_isl_with_direct.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/create_isl_with_direct.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..34ea9c77703c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/create_isl_with_direct.test
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+--source include/not_embedded.inc
+--source include/have_innodb.inc
+--source include/not_windows.inc
+
+--disable_query_log
+CALL mtr.add_suppression("\\[Warning\\] InnoDB: Failed to set O_DIRECT on file ./ibdata1: OPEN: Invalid argument, continuing anyway. O_DIRECT is known to result in 'Invalid argument' on Linux on tmpfs, see MySQL Bug#26662.");
+
+# The below mtr suppression to avoid failure in solaris platform.
+CALL mtr.add_suppression("\\[ERROR\\] InnoDB: Failed to set DIRECTIO_ON on file.*");
+--enable_query_log
+
+SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'innodb_flush_method';
+
+let MYSQLD_DATADIR=`SELECT @@datadir`;
+
+--replace_result $MYSQL_TMP_DIR MYSQL_TMP_DIR
+
+#  Create a table with explicit data directory option.
+EVAL CREATE TABLE t1 (x INT) ENGINE=INNODB, DATA DIRECTORY='$MYSQL_TMP_DIR';
+
+--echo # Contents of tmp/test directory containing .ibd file
+--list_files $MYSQL_TMP_DIR/test
+
+--echo # Contents of the 'test' database directory containing .isl and .frm files
+--list_files $MYSQLD_DATADIR/test
+
+DROP TABLE t1;
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/fil/fil0fil.cc b/storage/xtradb/fil/fil0fil.cc
index e77c97ead5b62..9fad34257b831 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/fil/fil0fil.cc
+++ b/storage/xtradb/fil/fil0fil.cc
@@ -3225,8 +3225,6 @@ fil_create_link_file(
 	const char*	tablename,	/*!< in: tablename */
 	const char*	filepath)	/*!< in: pathname of tablespace */
 {
-	os_file_t	file;
-	ibool		success;
 	dberr_t		err = DB_SUCCESS;
 	char*		link_filepath;
 	char*		prev_filepath = fil_read_link_file(tablename);
@@ -3245,16 +3243,24 @@ fil_create_link_file(
 
 	link_filepath = fil_make_isl_name(tablename);
 
-	/* Note that OS_FILE_READ_WRITE_CACHED used here to avoid
-	unnecessary errors on O_DIRECT, link files are not really
-	a data files. */
-	file = os_file_create_simple_no_error_handling(
-		innodb_file_data_key, link_filepath,
-		OS_FILE_CREATE, OS_FILE_READ_WRITE_CACHED, &success, 0);
+	/** Check if the file already exists. */
+	FILE*                   file = NULL;
+	ibool                   exists;
+	os_file_type_t          ftype;
 
-	if (!success) {
-		/* The following call will print an error message */
-		ulint	error = os_file_get_last_error(true);
+	bool success = os_file_status(link_filepath, &exists, &ftype);
+
+	ulint error = 0;
+	if (success && !exists) {
+		file = fopen(link_filepath, "w");
+		if (file == NULL) {
+			/* This call will print its own error message */
+			error = os_file_get_last_error(true);
+		}
+	} else {
+		error = OS_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS;
+	}
+	if (error != 0) {
 
 		ut_print_timestamp(stderr);
 		fputs("  InnoDB: Cannot create file ", stderr);
@@ -3266,10 +3272,8 @@ fil_create_link_file(
 			ut_print_filename(stderr, filepath);
 			fputs(" already exists.\n", stderr);
 			err = DB_TABLESPACE_EXISTS;
-
 		} else if (error == OS_FILE_DISK_FULL) {
 			err = DB_OUT_OF_FILE_SPACE;
-
 		} else if (error == OS_FILE_OPERATION_NOT_SUPPORTED) {
 			err = DB_UNSUPPORTED;
 		} else {
@@ -3281,13 +3285,17 @@ fil_create_link_file(
 		return(err);
 	}
 
-	if (!os_file_write(link_filepath, file, filepath, 0,
-			   strlen(filepath))) {
+	ulint rbytes = fwrite(filepath, 1, strlen(filepath), file);
+	if (rbytes != strlen(filepath)) {
+		os_file_get_last_error(true);
+		ib_logf(IB_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR,
+			"cannot write link file "
+			 "%s",filepath);
 		err = DB_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	/* Close the file, we only need it at startup */
-	os_file_close(file);
+	fclose(file);
 
 	mem_free(link_filepath);