diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 967f34b70aa8..188bd36c9fea 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1255,16 +1255,19 @@ void __bforget(struct buffer_head *bh)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bforget);
 
-static struct buffer_head *__bread_slow(struct buffer_head *bh)
+static struct buffer_head *__bread_slow(struct buffer_head *bh,
+					blk_opf_t op_flags,
+					bool check_write_error)
 {
 	lock_buffer(bh);
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+	if (buffer_uptodate(bh) ||
+	    (check_write_error && buffer_uptodate_or_error(bh))) {
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
 		return bh;
 	} else {
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-		submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, bh);
+		submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ | op_flags, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 			return bh;
@@ -1445,6 +1448,31 @@ void __breadahead(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__breadahead);
 
+static struct buffer_head *
+bread_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned int size,
+	  blk_opf_t op_flags, gfp_t gfp, bool check_write_error)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+	gfp |= mapping_gfp_constraint(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping, ~__GFP_FS);
+
+	/*
+	 * Prefer looping in the allocator rather than here, at least that
+	 * code knows what it's doing.
+	 */
+	gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
+
+	bh = bdev_getblk(bdev, block, size, gfp);
+	if (unlikely(!bh))
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (buffer_uptodate(bh) ||
+	    (check_write_error && buffer_uptodate_or_error(bh)))
+		return bh;
+
+	return __bread_slow(bh, op_flags, check_write_error);
+}
+
 /**
  *  __bread_gfp() - reads a specified block and returns the bh
  *  @bdev: the block_device to read from
@@ -1458,27 +1486,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__breadahead);
  *  It returns NULL if the block was unreadable.
  */
 struct buffer_head *
-__bread_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
-		   unsigned size, gfp_t gfp)
+__bread_gfp(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned int size,
+	    gfp_t gfp)
 {
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-
-	gfp |= mapping_gfp_constraint(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping, ~__GFP_FS);
-
-	/*
-	 * Prefer looping in the allocator rather than here, at least that
-	 * code knows what it's doing.
-	 */
-	gfp |= __GFP_NOFAIL;
-
-	bh = bdev_getblk(bdev, block, size, gfp);
-
-	if (likely(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
-		bh = __bread_slow(bh);
-	return bh;
+	return bread_gfp(bdev, block, size, 0, gfp, false);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bread_gfp);
 
+/*
+ * This works like __bread_gfp() except:
+ * 1) If buffer write failed before, set buffer uptodate and don't read
+ * block from disk;
+ * 2) Caller can pass in additional op_flags like REQ_META;
+ */
+struct buffer_head *
+__bread_gfp2(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned int size,
+	     blk_opf_t op_flags, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return bread_gfp(bdev, block, size, op_flags, gfp, true);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bread_gfp2);
+
 static void __invalidate_bh_lrus(struct bh_lru *b)
 {
 	int i;
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index 5f23ee599889..751b2744b4ae 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ static __always_inline int buffer_uptodate(const struct buffer_head *bh)
 	return test_bit_acquire(BH_Uptodate, &bh->b_state);
 }
 
+static __always_inline int buffer_uptodate_or_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If the buffer has the write error flag, data was failed to write
+	 * out in the block. In this case, set buffer uptodate to prevent
+	 * reading old data.
+	 */
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
+		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+	return buffer_uptodate(bh);
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long bh_offset(const struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	return (unsigned long)(bh)->b_data & (page_size(bh->b_page) - 1);
@@ -231,7 +243,11 @@ void __brelse(struct buffer_head *);
 void __bforget(struct buffer_head *);
 void __breadahead(struct block_device *, sector_t block, unsigned int size);
 struct buffer_head *__bread_gfp(struct block_device *,
-				sector_t block, unsigned size, gfp_t gfp);
+				sector_t block, unsigned int size, gfp_t gfp);
+struct buffer_head *__bread_gfp2(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
+				 unsigned int size, blk_opf_t op_flags,
+				 gfp_t gfp);
+
 struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags);
 void free_buffer_head(struct buffer_head * bh);
 void unlock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
