diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index cd89c56715a5..aae8d0768eca 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1126,8 +1126,7 @@ xfs_buf_bio_end_io(
 	unsigned int		blocksize = bp->b_target->bt_bsize;
 	struct bio_vec		*bvec = bio->bi_io_vec + bio->bi_vcnt - 1;
 
-	if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags))
-		bp->b_error = EIO;
+	xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -error);
 
 	do {
 		struct page	*page = bvec->bv_page;