diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 48ea95b81df8..676f55195306 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -2334,7 +2334,6 @@ static int unsafe_request_wait(struct inode *inode)
 
 int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
-	struct ceph_file_info *fi = file->private_data;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	struct ceph_inode_info *ci = ceph_inode(inode);
 	u64 flush_tid;
@@ -2369,14 +2368,9 @@ int ceph_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	if (err < 0)
 		ret = err;
 
-	if (errseq_check(&ci->i_meta_err, READ_ONCE(fi->meta_err))) {
-		spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
-		err = errseq_check_and_advance(&ci->i_meta_err,
-					       &fi->meta_err);
-		spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
-		if (err < 0)
-			ret = err;
-	}
+	err = file_check_and_advance_wb_err(file);
+	if (err < 0)
+		ret = err;
 out:
 	dout("fsync %p%s result=%d\n", inode, datasync ? " datasync" : "", ret);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index f1895f78ab45..8e6855e7ed83 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -233,7 +233,6 @@ static int ceph_init_file_info(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&fi->rw_contexts_lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fi->rw_contexts);
-	fi->meta_err = errseq_sample(&ci->i_meta_err);
 	fi->filp_gen = READ_ONCE(ceph_inode_to_client(inode)->filp_gen);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/inode.c b/fs/ceph/inode.c
index 63e781e4f7e4..76be50f6f041 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/inode.c
@@ -529,8 +529,6 @@ struct inode *ceph_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 
 	ceph_fscache_inode_init(ci);
 
-	ci->i_meta_err = 0;
-
 	return &ci->vfs_inode;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
index 0f57b7d09457..76e347a8cf08 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/mds_client.c
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@ static void cleanup_session_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 {
 	struct ceph_mds_request *req;
 	struct rb_node *p;
-	struct ceph_inode_info *ci;
 
 	dout("cleanup_session_requests mds%d\n", session->s_mds);
 	mutex_lock(&mdsc->mutex);
@@ -1490,16 +1489,10 @@ static void cleanup_session_requests(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 				       struct ceph_mds_request, r_unsafe_item);
 		pr_warn_ratelimited(" dropping unsafe request %llu\n",
 				    req->r_tid);
-		if (req->r_target_inode) {
-			/* dropping unsafe change of inode's attributes */
-			ci = ceph_inode(req->r_target_inode);
-			errseq_set(&ci->i_meta_err, -EIO);
-		}
-		if (req->r_unsafe_dir) {
-			/* dropping unsafe directory operation */
-			ci = ceph_inode(req->r_unsafe_dir);
-			errseq_set(&ci->i_meta_err, -EIO);
-		}
+		if (req->r_target_inode)
+			mapping_set_error(req->r_target_inode->i_mapping, -EIO);
+		if (req->r_unsafe_dir)
+			mapping_set_error(req->r_unsafe_dir->i_mapping, -EIO);
 		__unregister_request(mdsc, req);
 	}
 	/* zero r_attempts, so kick_requests() will re-send requests */
@@ -1668,7 +1661,7 @@ static int remove_session_caps_cb(struct inode *inode, struct ceph_cap *cap,
 		spin_unlock(&mdsc->cap_dirty_lock);
 
 		if (dirty_dropped) {
-			errseq_set(&ci->i_meta_err, -EIO);
+			mapping_set_error(inode->i_mapping, -EIO);
 
 			if (ci->i_wrbuffer_ref_head == 0 &&
 			    ci->i_wr_ref == 0 &&
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index 9362eeb5812d..4db305fd2a02 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -430,8 +430,6 @@ struct ceph_inode_info {
 	struct fscache_cookie *fscache;
 	u32 i_fscache_gen;
 #endif
-	errseq_t i_meta_err;
-
 	struct inode vfs_inode; /* at end */
 };
 
@@ -773,7 +771,6 @@ struct ceph_file_info {
 	spinlock_t rw_contexts_lock;
 	struct list_head rw_contexts;
 
-	errseq_t meta_err;
 	u32 filp_gen;
 	atomic_t num_locks;
 };