1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 74b432fa166b..36f74f17a11c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2521,6 +2521,16 @@ static int __ext3_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode,
         }
         if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
                 lock_buffer(bh);
+
+                /*
+                 * If the buffer has the write error flag, we have failed
+                 * to write out another inode in the same block.  In this
+                 * case, we don't have to read the block because we may
+                 * read the old inode data successfully.
+                 */
+                if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
+                        set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+
                 if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
                         /* someone brought it uptodate while we waited */
                         unlock_buffer(bh);