diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 409a8a06642a9cafe03b253e3f8be76ddeac9319..108eba7ad5c1874ec559247a11b49dd802fe01d8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1074,45 +1074,6 @@ xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(
 		(__uint64_t)XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp), func, -bp->b_error, bp->b_length);
 }
 
-/*
- * Same as xfs_bioerror, except that we are releasing the buffer
- * here ourselves, and avoiding the xfs_buf_ioend call.
- * This is meant for userdata errors; metadata bufs come with
- * iodone functions attached, so that we can track down errors.
- */
-int
-xfs_bioerror_relse(
-	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
-{
-	int64_t		fl = bp->b_flags;
-	/*
-	 * No need to wait until the buffer is unpinned.
-	 * We aren't flushing it.
-	 *
-	 * chunkhold expects B_DONE to be set, whether
-	 * we actually finish the I/O or not. We don't want to
-	 * change that interface.
-	 */
-	XFS_BUF_UNREAD(bp);
-	XFS_BUF_DONE(bp);
-	xfs_buf_stale(bp);
-	bp->b_iodone = NULL;
-	if (!(fl & XBF_ASYNC)) {
-		/*
-		 * Mark b_error and B_ERROR _both_.
-		 * Lot's of chunkcache code assumes that.
-		 * There's no reason to mark error for
-		 * ASYNC buffers.
-		 */
-		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -EIO);
-		complete(&bp->b_iowait);
-	} else {
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	}
-
-	return -EIO;
-}
-
 int
 xfs_bwrite(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
index 44db8cd67bdadd765d76641a3448c025599f5f57..d8f57f654f92a1640256278246438bbcdb0fe6bf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ extern void xfs_buf_iomove(xfs_buf_t *, size_t, size_t, void *,
 #define xfs_buf_zero(bp, off, len) \
 	    xfs_buf_iomove((bp), (off), (len), NULL, XBRW_ZERO)
 
-extern int xfs_bioerror_relse(struct xfs_buf *);
-
 /* Buffer Utility Routines */
 extern xfs_caddr_t xfs_buf_offset(xfs_buf_t *, size_t);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
index 96c898e7ac9a7af67f0ab5a6147c7ba9f01cf4b9..db4be5b1d732507db73212c45b1e3f8f5ccd4eda 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
@@ -324,11 +324,14 @@ xfs_trans_read_buf_map(
 			 */
 			if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
 				trace_xfs_bdstrat_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
-				xfs_bioerror_relse(bp);
-			} else {
-				xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
+				bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_READ | XBF_DONE);
+				xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -EIO);
+				xfs_buf_stale(bp);
+				xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+				return -EIO;
 			}
 
+			xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
 			error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
 			if (error) {
 				xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);