diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
index 3258b6f01e85..9234d96a7fd5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
@@ -6611,6 +6611,14 @@ int read_extent_buffer_pages(struct extent_buffer *eb, int wait, int mirror_num)
 	if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE, &eb->bflags))
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * We could have had EXTENT_BUFFER_UPTODATE cleared by the write
+	 * operation, which could potentially still be in flight.  In this case
+	 * we simply want to return an error.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_WRITE_ERR, &eb->bflags)))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	if (eb->fs_info->sectorsize < PAGE_SIZE)
 		return read_extent_buffer_subpage(eb, wait, mirror_num);