diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 2db573e31f78defbb5cfc7a8b679d7b2e252c9f1..1ce73794a1aa705c8ce0f6d394041523f30819dd 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 
 	if (buffer_uptodate(first_bh))
 		goto out;
-	if (!buffer_locked(first_bh))
-		ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &first_bh);
+	bh_read_nowait(first_bh, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO);
 
 	dblock++;
 	extlen--;
@@ -530,10 +529,7 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 	while (extlen) {
 		bh = gfs2_getbuf(gl, dblock, CREATE);
 
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_locked(bh))
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ,
-				    REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO,
-				    1, &bh);
+		bh_readahead(bh, REQ_RAHEAD | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO);
 		brelse(bh);
 		dblock++;
 		extlen--;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index ad953ecb5853274ee57d3c1767bf9624f8200b5a..065ddb8792f3e33161551c7a081f79db57e32750 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -741,12 +741,8 @@ static int gfs2_write_buf_to_page(struct gfs2_inode *ip, unsigned long index,
 		}
 		if (PageUptodate(page))
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			ll_rw_block(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &bh);
-			wait_on_buffer(bh);
-			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
-				goto unlock_out;
-		}
+		if (bh_read(bh, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO) < 0)
+			goto unlock_out;
 		if (gfs2_is_jdata(ip))
 			gfs2_trans_add_data(ip->i_gl, bh);
 		else