diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
index c1cf6a3..077c3417 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@
 			XFS_FSS_TO_BB(mp, 1), 0, &bp, &xfs_agfl_buf_ops);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(bp));
 	xfs_buf_set_ref(bp, XFS_AGFL_REF);
 	*bpp = bp;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
index e80d59f..22707ad 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_btree.c
@@ -552,14 +552,11 @@
 	xfs_fsblock_t	fsbno,		/* file system block number */
 	uint		lock)		/* lock flags for get_buf */
 {
-	xfs_buf_t	*bp;		/* buffer pointer (return value) */
 	xfs_daddr_t		d;		/* real disk block address */
 
 	ASSERT(fsbno != NULLFSBLOCK);
 	d = XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, fsbno);
-	bp = xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d, mp->m_bsize, lock);
-	ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(bp));
-	return bp;
+	return xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d, mp->m_bsize, lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -574,15 +571,12 @@
 	xfs_agblock_t	agbno,		/* allocation group block number */
 	uint		lock)		/* lock flags for get_buf */
 {
-	xfs_buf_t	*bp;		/* buffer pointer (return value) */
 	xfs_daddr_t		d;		/* real disk block address */
 
 	ASSERT(agno != NULLAGNUMBER);
 	ASSERT(agbno != NULLAGBLOCK);
 	d = XFS_AGB_TO_DADDR(mp, agno, agbno);
-	bp = xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d, mp->m_bsize, lock);
-	ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(bp));
-	return bp;
+	return xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, d, mp->m_bsize, lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -722,7 +716,6 @@
 				   mp->m_bsize, lock, &bp, ops);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(bp));
 	if (bp)
 		xfs_buf_set_ref(bp, refval);
 	*bpp = bp;
@@ -1178,7 +1171,6 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(*bpp));
 	xfs_btree_set_refs(cur, *bpp);
 	*block = XFS_BUF_TO_BLOCK(*bpp);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
index b8a3abf..a999a394 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
@@ -298,11 +298,6 @@
 
 extern int xfs_bioerror_relse(struct xfs_buf *);
 
-static inline int xfs_buf_geterror(xfs_buf_t *bp)
-{
-	return bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM;
-}
-
 /* Buffer Utility Routines */
 extern xfs_caddr_t xfs_buf_offset(xfs_buf_t *, size_t);
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
index 8752821..941f6e9 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_item.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@
 	static ulong		lasttime;
 	static xfs_buftarg_t	*lasttarg;
 
-	if (likely(!xfs_buf_geterror(bp)))
+	if (likely(!bp->b_error))
 		goto do_callbacks;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
index 868b19f..8867d02 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
@@ -353,10 +353,10 @@
 			       dqp->q_blkno,
 			       mp->m_quotainfo->qi_dqchunklen,
 			       0);
-
-	error = xfs_buf_geterror(bp);
-	if (error)
+	if (!bp) {
+		error = ENOMEM;
 		goto error1;
+	}
 	bp->b_ops = &xfs_dquot_buf_ops;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
index 8f711db..c254b1c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ialloc.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,6 @@
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(*bpp));
 	xfs_buf_set_ref(*bpp, XFS_AGI_REF);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index a5f8bd9..ae871df 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Race to shutdown the filesystem if we see an error.
 	 */
-	if (XFS_TEST_ERROR((xfs_buf_geterror(bp)), l->l_mp,
+	if (XFS_TEST_ERROR(bp->b_error, l->l_mp,
 			XFS_ERRTAG_IODONE_IOERR, XFS_RANDOM_IODONE_IOERR)) {
 		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 		xfs_buf_stale(bp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
index b1f2fe8..f4dd697 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
 				   mp->m_bsize, 0, &bp, NULL);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-	ASSERT(!xfs_buf_geterror(bp));
 	*bpp = bp;
 	return 0;
 }