diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index b4def5e..8a83537 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
 
 /*
  * Bits in mapping->flags.  The lower __GFP_BITS_SHIFT bits are the page
@@ -19,6 +20,16 @@
 #define	AS_EIO		(__GFP_BITS_SHIFT + 0)	/* IO error on async write */
 #define AS_ENOSPC	(__GFP_BITS_SHIFT + 1)	/* ENOSPC on async write */
 
+static inline void mapping_set_error(struct address_space *mapping, int error)
+{
+	if (error) {
+		if (error == -ENOSPC)
+			set_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags);
+		else
+			set_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags);
+	}
+}
+
 static inline gfp_t mapping_gfp_mask(struct address_space * mapping)
 {
 	return (__force gfp_t)mapping->flags & __GFP_BITS_MASK;