2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 04da6acde85d..12661e1deedd 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ struct buffer_head *ext3_bread(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
                 return bh;
         if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
                 return bh;
-        ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+        ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &bh);
         wait_on_buffer(bh);
         if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
                 return bh;
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ make_io:
                 trace_ext3_load_inode(inode);
                 get_bh(bh);
                 bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-                submit_bh(READ_META, bh);
+                submit_bh(READ | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh);
                 wait_on_buffer(bh);
                 if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
                         ext3_error(inode->i_sb, "ext3_get_inode_loc",
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 5571708b6a58..0629e09f6511 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -922,7 +922,8 @@ restart:
                                 bh = ext3_getblk(NULL, dir, b++, 0, &err);
                                 bh_use[ra_max] = bh;
                                 if (bh)
-                                        ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+                                        ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO,
+                                                    1, &bh);
                         }
                 }
                 if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)