diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index 27967f9..5dc5ccf 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -156,6 +156,18 @@ read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int block_group)
 	if (likely(bh_uptodate_or_lock(bh)))
 		return bh;
 
+	/*
+	 * uptodate flag may have been cleared by a previous (transient)
+	 * write IO error.  In this case, we don't want to reread its
+	 * old on-disk data.  Actually the buffer has the latest data,
+	 * so set uptodate flag again.
+	 */
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+		unlock_buffer(bh);
+		return bh;
+	}
+
 	if (bh_submit_read(bh) < 0) {
 		brelse(bh);
 		ext3_error(sb, __func__,
diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 455e6e6..67d7849 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1077,10 +1077,23 @@ struct buffer_head *ext3_bread(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 		return bh;
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
+
+	/*
+	 * uptodate flag may have been cleared by a previous (transient)
+	 * write IO error.  In this case, we don't want to reread its
+	 * old on-disk data.  Actually the buffer has the latest data,
+	 * so set uptodate flag again.
+	 */
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+		return bh;
+	}
+
 	ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
+
 	put_bh(bh);
 	*err = -EIO;
 	return NULL;
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 7b0e44f..7ed8e45 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -909,7 +909,20 @@ restart:
 				num++;
 				bh = ext3_getblk(NULL, dir, b++, 0, &err);
 				bh_use[ra_max] = bh;
-				if (bh)
+				if (!bh || buffer_uptodate(bh))
+					continue;
+
+				/*
+				 * uptodate flag may have been cleared by a
+				 * previous (transient) write IO error.  In
+				 * this case, we don't want to reread its
+				 * old on-disk data.  Actually the buffer
+				 * has the latest data, so set uptodate flag
+				 * again.
+				 */
+				if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
+					set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+				else
 					ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
 			}
 		}