diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
index c8ef9a9c312bc5d42fe484369d11b9272073c76d..ad85bed99de8a8de990ca3dcff03d61407a0202b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr.c
@@ -1987,8 +1987,8 @@ xfs_attr_rmtval_get(xfs_da_args_t *args)
 			       (map[i].br_startblock != HOLESTARTBLOCK));
 			dblkno = XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, map[i].br_startblock);
 			blkcnt = XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, map[i].br_blockcount);
-			error = xfs_read_buf(mp, mp->m_ddev_targp, dblkno,
-					     blkcnt, XBF_DONT_BLOCK, &bp);
+			error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, NULL, mp->m_ddev_targp,
+						   dblkno, blkcnt, 0, &bp);
 			if (error)
 				return(error);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index 874d39883dab6cd08e3145d41e26328f88eaffad..e9f5bc0eea92af2ca6c73598c2ab2d608597c966 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 
 	/* update secondary superblocks. */
 	for (agno = 1; agno < nagcount; agno++) {
-		error = xfs_read_buf(mp, mp->m_ddev_targp,
+		error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, NULL, mp->m_ddev_targp,
 				  XFS_AGB_TO_DADDR(mp, agno, XFS_SB_BLOCK(mp)),
 				  XFS_FSS_TO_BB(mp, 1), 0, &bp);
 		if (error) {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 0d9bdb6bace45c91a22efb924abb92590f81ac04..c8ee0fc49042ec83a9db198afd04f7d41dd3d7f8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -2539,14 +2539,11 @@ xlog_recover_dquot_pass2(
 		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 	ASSERT(dq_f->qlf_len == 1);
 
-	error = xfs_read_buf(mp, mp->m_ddev_targp,
-			     dq_f->qlf_blkno,
-			     XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, dq_f->qlf_len),
-			     0, &bp);
-	if (error) {
-		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, "xlog_recover_do..(read#3)");
+	error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, NULL, mp->m_ddev_targp, dq_f->qlf_blkno,
+				   XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, dq_f->qlf_len), 0, &bp);
+	if (error)
 		return error;
-	}
+
 	ASSERT(bp);
 	ddq = (xfs_disk_dquot_t *)xfs_buf_offset(bp, dq_f->qlf_boffset);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
index 2ce97758f4c7177bf8202b644e7a7dc9ceadc708..3c2488a111655030e29790d7fbf7bbd289f667a7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
@@ -91,56 +91,6 @@ xfs_do_force_shutdown(
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * This isn't an absolute requirement, but it is
- * just a good idea to call xfs_read_buf instead of
- * directly doing a read_buf call. For one, we shouldn't
- * be doing this disk read if we are in SHUTDOWN state anyway,
- * so this stops that from happening. Secondly, this does all
- * the error checking stuff and the brelse if appropriate for
- * the caller, so the code can be a little leaner.
- */
-
-int
-xfs_read_buf(
-	struct xfs_mount *mp,
-	xfs_buftarg_t	 *target,
-	xfs_daddr_t	 blkno,
-	int              len,
-	uint             flags,
-	xfs_buf_t	 **bpp)
-{
-	xfs_buf_t	 *bp;
-	int		 error;
-
-	if (!flags)
-		flags = XBF_MAPPED;
-
-	bp = xfs_buf_read(target, blkno, len, flags);
-	if (!bp)
-		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-	error = bp->b_error;
-	if (!error && !XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
-		*bpp = bp;
-	} else {
-		*bpp = NULL;
-		if (error) {
-			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
-		} else {
-			error = XFS_ERROR(EIO);
-		}
-		if (bp) {
-			XFS_BUF_UNDONE(bp);
-			xfs_buf_stale(bp);
-			/*
-			 * brelse clears B_ERROR and b_error
-			 */
-			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-		}
-	}
-	return (error);
-}
-
 /*
  * helper function to extract extent size hint from inode
  */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
index bbdb9ad6a4ba7b836d3720539db02c093bcc3ca0..967b3a4b76ab4068aec5336e4c4ba44eb4761b36 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ xfs_fsb_to_db(struct xfs_inode *ip, xfs_fsblock_t fsb)
 /*
  * Prototypes for functions in xfs_rw.c.
  */
-extern int xfs_read_buf(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_buftarg_t *btp,
-			xfs_daddr_t blkno, int len, uint flags,
-			struct xfs_buf **bpp);
 extern xfs_extlen_t xfs_get_extsz_hint(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 
 #endif /* __XFS_RW_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
index f9cb7ee04dae70f1c7442e534cdb6b8018f42791..5e4cf617e56cffdbf378512fc47cc0a967394f2a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ xfs_trans_read_buf(
 	xfs_buf_log_item_t	*bip;
 	int			error;
 
+	*bpp = NULL;
+
 	if (flags == 0)
 		flags = XBF_MAPPED;
 
@@ -289,6 +291,8 @@ xfs_trans_read_buf(
 		if (bp->b_error) {
 			error = bp->b_error;
 			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
+			XFS_BUF_UNDONE(bp);
+			xfs_buf_stale(bp);
 			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 			return error;
 		}