diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 1e15889c4b9819f837076c1b17df34fc8ef881c2..bf7ceba1878870b9b9131fde538dd3217d2160af 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ aoeblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		BUG();
 		bio_endio(bio, -ENXIO);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
+		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
+		return 0;
 	} else if (bio->bi_io_vec == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: bi_io_vec is NULL\n");
 		BUG();