diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index b21891a6bfca..d34d32bdc944 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -174,15 +174,12 @@ int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct super_block *sb = file->f_mapping->host->i_sb;
-	struct address_space *mapping = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;
 
 	ret = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
-	if (ret == -EIO || test_and_clear_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags)) {
+	if (ret == -EIO)
 		/* We don't really know where the IO error happened... */
 		ext2_error(sb, __func__,
 			   "detected IO error when writing metadata buffers");
-		ret = -EIO;
-	}
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index a04395334bb1..1b76f29799bf 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -991,7 +991,9 @@ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 
 out:
 	inode_unlock(inode);
-	return ret;
+	/* must call this unconditionally as it clears AS_* error flags */
+	err = filemap_check_errors(inode->i_mapping);
+	return ret ? ret : err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_fsync);