diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index 53ddedb52a6f..c241f50b97bc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 		}
 		if (inode && inode_needs_sync(inode)) {
 			sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-			if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+			if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
 				ext4_error_inode_err(inode, where, line,
 						     bh->b_blocknr, EIO,
 					"IO error syncing itable block");
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
index 7ce361484b38..4b18ddef468d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int write_mmp_block_thawed(struct super_block *sb,
 	bh_submit(bh, REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO,
 			bh_end_write);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
-	if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh)))
+	if (unlikely(buffer_write_io_error(bh)))
 		return -EIO;
 	return 0;
 }