diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 04da6acde85dfbcfb50d89302c3f975baab3c76d..bba7b96e0d9bce6ffefc7cec84c67ae00b8350aa 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, 1, &bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ static int __ext3_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode,
 		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, 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 5571708b6a58f7e33e4bddf7130a133d6f952a9d..c7d4032aa82a08a6c3c9be63157ce4765a7d1f78 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 				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, 1, &bh);
 			}
 		}
 		if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index c4da98a959ae06deb04e25663ce8b697b0b31458..1dfa18feeb3eb36bcad7cc7c3737f822b48275c3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ struct buffer_head *ext4_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, 1, &bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode,
 		trace_ext4_load_inode(inode);
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-		submit_bh(READ_META, bh);
+		submit_bh(READ | REQ_META, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE_BLOCK(inode, block,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index f8068c7bae9fd05c7d94880dd909c1f17df7dad5..d36315ae629e30d465b797bc14a27584de8a489e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 				bh = ext4_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, 1, &bh);
 			}
 		}
 		if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index 42e8d23bc0472007aa0178b7d049d952175b2391..053434049dbb423c7646dc2be3c129bcdfe649d6 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static int gfs2_adjust_quota(struct gfs2_inode *ip, loff_t loc,
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+		ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
 			goto unlock_out;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 178cdb4f1d4afe81a66e631872de4b587e95d1c4..eae44c9811733731628b0cfe554696a9d3895f8e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -162,10 +162,8 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define READA			RWA_MASK
 
 #define READ_SYNC		(READ | REQ_SYNC)
-#define READ_META		(READ | REQ_META)
 #define WRITE_SYNC		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE)
 #define WRITE_ODIRECT		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC)
-#define WRITE_META		(WRITE | REQ_META)
 #define WRITE_FLUSH		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH)
 #define WRITE_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FUA)
 #define WRITE_FLUSH_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)