diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 142ddbece37444e3f5ba4574a1d21fd3e16c84eb..52f6846101d528b7726ba39e091c2e70dd81a6ad 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ xfs_buf_iostart(
 		bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_READ | XBF_WRITE | XBF_ASYNC);
 		bp->b_flags |= flags & (XBF_DELWRI | XBF_ASYNC);
 		xfs_buf_delwri_queue(bp, 1);
-		return status;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_READ | XBF_WRITE | XBF_ASYNC | XBF_DELWRI | \
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index a3d207de48b8b206e510a9b4009a6eb5cedad5f7..841d7883528db8df2455ac50c173ba9ddeb97b1c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -387,11 +387,15 @@ static inline int XFS_bwrite(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 	return error;
 }
 
-static inline int xfs_bdwrite(void *mp, xfs_buf_t *bp)
+/*
+ * No error can be returned from xfs_buf_iostart for delwri
+ * buffers as they are queued and no I/O is issued.
+ */
+static inline void xfs_bdwrite(void *mp, xfs_buf_t *bp)
 {
 	bp->b_strat = xfs_bdstrat_cb;
 	bp->b_fspriv3 = mp;
-	return xfs_buf_iostart(bp, XBF_DELWRI | XBF_ASYNC);
+	(void)xfs_buf_iostart(bp, XBF_DELWRI | XBF_ASYNC);
 }
 
 #define XFS_bdstrat(bp) xfs_buf_iorequest(bp)