diff --git a/fs/adfs/dir.c b/fs/adfs/dir.c
index 11afa9e157aa..b8cc6a697a05 100644
--- a/fs/adfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/adfs/dir.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int adfs_dir_sync(struct adfs_dir *dir)
 	for (i = dir->nr_buffers - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = dir->bhs[i];
 		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-		if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
+		if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
 			err = -EIO;
 	}