diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index 1edcb141f63930919a62d4a4e827c48954113cf1..fe50ded1b4ce763e33579ab54a982e64ed06003e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 block, int nr,
 		bh = bhs[i];
 
 		if (!(flags & OCFS2_BH_READAHEAD)) {
+			if (status) {
+				/* Clear the rest of the buffers on error */
+				put_bh(bh);
+				bhs[i] = NULL;
+				continue;
+			}
 			/* We know this can't have changed as we hold the
 			 * owner sem. Avoid doing any work on the bh if the
 			 * journal has it. */