diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index e71cfbd5acb3c74df23be024c91420a07291a493..5d52e44b89f795d8a0795f29f70fb82ade354e44 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ __xfs_buf_delwri_submit(
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(bp, n, io_list, b_list) {
-		bp->b_flags &= ~(_XBF_DELWRI_Q | XBF_ASYNC | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
+		bp->b_flags &= ~(_XBF_DELWRI_Q | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
 		bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE | XBF_ASYNC;
 
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 34257992934c4184feba8505c8342e2e0a1e9edc..6a2f429391cc2118139bb80ccb6ab53fdaf365d4 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -1080,10 +1080,9 @@ xfs_buf_iodone_callback_error(
 	 * async write failure at least once, but we also need to set the buffer
 	 * up to behave correctly now for repeated failures.
 	 */
-	if (!(bp->b_flags & (XBF_STALE|XBF_WRITE_FAIL)) ||
+	if (!(bp->b_flags & (XBF_STALE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL)) ||
 	     bp->b_last_error != bp->b_error) {
-		bp->b_flags |= (XBF_WRITE | XBF_ASYNC |
-			        XBF_DONE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
+		bp->b_flags |= (XBF_WRITE | XBF_DONE | XBF_WRITE_FAIL);
 		bp->b_last_error = bp->b_error;
 		bp->b_retries = 0;
 		bp->b_first_retry_time = jiffies;