diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 887151bbc5ae..f3bf87ccb536 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1062,6 +1062,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__brelse);
 void __bforget(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 	remove_assoc_queue(bh);
 	__brelse(bh);
 }