diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
index 377a2e6552f3..33806e0c2bc6 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_rtbitmap.c
@@ -41,6 +41,31 @@
  * Realtime allocator bitmap functions shared with userspace.
  */
 
+/*
+ * Real time buffers need verifiers to avoid runtime warnings during IO.
+ * We don't have anything to verify, however, so these are just dummy
+ * operations.
+ */
+static void
+xfs_rtbuf_verify_read(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+static void
+xfs_rtbuf_verify_write(
+	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
+{
+	return;
+}
+
+const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_rtbuf_ops = {
+	.name = "rtbuf",
+	.verify_read = xfs_rtbuf_verify_read,
+	.verify_write = xfs_rtbuf_verify_write,
+};
+
 /*
  * Get a buffer for the bitmap or summary file block specified.
  * The buffer is returned read and locked.
@@ -68,7 +93,7 @@ xfs_rtbuf_get(
 	ASSERT(map.br_startblock != NULLFSBLOCK);
 	error = xfs_trans_read_buf(mp, tp, mp->m_ddev_targp,
 				   XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, map.br_startblock),
-				   mp->m_bsize, 0, &bp, NULL);
+				   mp->m_bsize, 0, &bp, &xfs_rtbuf_ops);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
index 15c3ceb845b9..81ac870834da 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_shared.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_dquot_buf_ra_ops;
 extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_sb_buf_ops;
 extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_sb_quiet_buf_ops;
 extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_symlink_buf_ops;
+extern const struct xfs_buf_ops xfs_rtbuf_ops;
 
 /*
  * Transaction types.  Used to distinguish types of buffers. These never reach
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index afdd326df923..ed8c88917300 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -2476,8 +2476,8 @@ xlog_recover_validate_buf_type(
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_RT
 	case XFS_BLFT_RTBITMAP_BUF:
 	case XFS_BLFT_RTSUMMARY_BUF:
-		/* no verification of RT buffers is done */
-		bp->b_ops = NULL;
+		/* no magic numbers for verification of RT buffers */
+		bp->b_ops = &xfs_rtbuf_ops;
 		break;
 #endif /* CONFIG_XFS_RT */
 	default: