diff --git a/fs/ext4/page-io.c b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
index f038d578d8d8..18977ff8e493 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/page-io.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/page-io.c
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ static void ext4_finish_bio(struct bio *bio)
 				continue;
 			}
 			clear_buffer_async_write(bh);
-			if (bio->bi_status)
+			if (bio->bi_status) {
+				set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 				buffer_io_error(bh);
+			}
 		} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&head->b_uptodate_lock, flags);
 		if (!under_io) {