diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 03c660459d3112295a9fc7e5a7a8e4aab3038e31..d4e98941c5ad4958502f968e6c6861d0342f6f59 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2722,6 +2722,8 @@ extern int ext4_resize_fs(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count);
 /* super.c */
 extern struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb,
 					 sector_t block, int op_flags);
+extern struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread_unmovable(struct super_block *sb,
+						   sector_t block);
 extern void ext4_read_bh_nowait(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags,
 				bh_end_io_t *end_io);
 extern int ext4_read_bh(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index ec9df6f427688e602eefeeb1d0f7df25896db4b0..50fb70caa0e9f9ab5ffc6b4232c0eb3fabd1228b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -211,18 +211,19 @@ int ext4_read_bh_lock(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags, bool wait)
 }
 
 /*
- * This works like sb_bread() except it uses ERR_PTR for error
+ * This works like __bread_gfp() except it uses ERR_PTR for error
  * returns.  Currently with sb_bread it's impossible to distinguish
  * between ENOMEM and EIO situations (since both result in a NULL
  * return.
  */
-struct buffer_head *
-ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block, int op_flags)
+static struct buffer_head *__ext4_sb_bread_gfp(struct super_block *sb,
+					       sector_t block, int op_flags,
+					       gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int ret;
 
-	bh = sb_getblk(sb, block);
+	bh = sb_getblk_gfp(sb, block, gfp);
 	if (bh == NULL)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	if (ext4_buffer_uptodate(bh))
@@ -236,6 +237,18 @@ ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block, int op_flags)
 	return bh;
 }
 
+struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block,
+				   int op_flags)
+{
+	return __ext4_sb_bread_gfp(sb, block, op_flags, __GFP_MOVABLE);
+}
+
+struct buffer_head *ext4_sb_bread_unmovable(struct super_block *sb,
+					    sector_t block)
+{
+	return __ext4_sb_bread_gfp(sb, block, 0, 0);
+}
+
 void ext4_sb_breadahead_unmovable(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = sb_getblk_gfp(sb, block, 0);
@@ -3811,8 +3824,11 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		logical_sb_block = sb_block;
 	}
 
-	if (!(bh = sb_bread_unmovable(sb, logical_sb_block))) {
+	bh = ext4_sb_bread_unmovable(sb, logical_sb_block);
+	if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "unable to read superblock");
+		ret = PTR_ERR(bh);
+		bh = NULL;
 		goto out_fail;
 	}
 	/*
@@ -4166,10 +4182,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		brelse(bh);
 		logical_sb_block = sb_block * EXT4_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE;
 		offset = do_div(logical_sb_block, blocksize);
-		bh = sb_bread_unmovable(sb, logical_sb_block);
-		if (!bh) {
+		bh = ext4_sb_bread_unmovable(sb, logical_sb_block);
+		if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
 			       "Can't read superblock on 2nd try");
+			ret = PTR_ERR(bh);
+			bh = NULL;
 			goto failed_mount;
 		}
 		es = (struct ext4_super_block *)(bh->b_data + offset);
@@ -4391,11 +4409,13 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		struct buffer_head *bh;
 
 		block = descriptor_loc(sb, logical_sb_block, i);
-		bh = sb_bread_unmovable(sb, block);
-		if (!bh) {
+		bh = ext4_sb_bread_unmovable(sb, block);
+		if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
 			       "can't read group descriptor %d", i);
 			db_count = i;
+			ret = PTR_ERR(bh);
+			bh = NULL;
 			goto failed_mount2;
 		}
 		rcu_read_lock();