diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index e36124546d0dbad03eab8d807597de8dbbabab11..c1f7c0d5d608a3e80825893505820e28661b343c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1506,8 +1506,7 @@ __xfs_buf_submit(
 		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -EIO);
 		bp->b_flags &= ~XBF_DONE;
 		xfs_buf_stale(bp);
-		if (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC)
-			xfs_buf_ioend(bp);
+		xfs_buf_ioend(bp);
 		return -EIO;
 	}