diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index c1f7c0d5d608a3e80825893505820e28661b343c..b33a9cd4fe944776fd7c3aff2a269cd8b832f885 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1202,8 +1202,10 @@ xfs_buf_ioend(
 		bp->b_ops->verify_read(bp);
 	}
 
-	if (!bp->b_error)
+	if (!bp->b_error) {
+		bp->b_flags &= ~XBF_WRITE_FAIL;
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_DONE;
+	}
 
 	if (bp->b_iodone)
 		(*(bp->b_iodone))(bp);
@@ -1263,7 +1265,7 @@ xfs_bwrite(
 
 	bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE;
 	bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_ASYNC | XBF_READ | _XBF_DELWRI_Q |
-			 XBF_WRITE_FAIL | XBF_DONE);
+			 XBF_DONE);
 
 	error = xfs_buf_submit(bp);
 	if (error) {
@@ -2000,7 +2002,7 @@ xfs_buf_delwri_submit_buffers(
 		 * synchronously. Otherwise, drop the buffer from the delwri
 		 * queue and submit async.
 		 */
-		bp->b_flags &= ~(_XBF_DELWRI_Q | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
+		bp->b_flags &= ~_XBF_DELWRI_Q;
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE;
 		if (wait_list) {
 			bp->b_flags &= ~XBF_ASYNC;