diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index 986061a..36d5fcd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1001,12 +1001,13 @@
 	 * We can get an EOPNOTSUPP to ordered writes.  Here we clear the
 	 * ordered flag and reissue them.  Because we can't tell the higher
 	 * layers directly that they should not issue ordered I/O anymore, they
-	 * need to check if the ordered flag was cleared during I/O completion.
+	 * need to check if the _XFS_BARRIER_FAILED flag was set during I/O completion.
 	 */
 	if ((bp->b_error == EOPNOTSUPP) &&
 	    (bp->b_flags & (XBF_ORDERED|XBF_ASYNC)) == (XBF_ORDERED|XBF_ASYNC)) {
 		XB_TRACE(bp, "ordered_retry", bp->b_iodone);
 		bp->b_flags &= ~XBF_ORDERED;
+		bp->b_flags |= _XFS_BARRIER_FAILED;
 		xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
 	} else if (bp->b_iodone)
 		(*(bp->b_iodone))(bp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index fe01099..456519a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@
 	 * modifications being lost.
 	 */
 	_XBF_PAGE_LOCKED = (1 << 22),
+
+	/*
+	 * If we try a barrier write, but it fails we have to communicate
+	 * this to the upper layers.  Unfortunately b_error gets overwritten
+	 * when the buffer is re-issued so we have to add another flag to
+	 * keep this information.
+	 */
+	_XFS_BARRIER_FAILED = (1 << 23),
 } xfs_buf_flags_t;
 
 typedef enum {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 503ea89..0b02c64 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1033,11 +1033,12 @@
 	l = iclog->ic_log;
 
 	/*
-	 * If the ordered flag has been removed by a lower
-	 * layer, it means the underlyin device no longer supports
+	 * If the _XFS_BARRIER_FAILED flag was set by a lower
+	 * layer, it means the underlying device no longer supports
 	 * barrier I/O. Warn loudly and turn off barriers.
 	 */
-	if ((l->l_mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER) && !XFS_BUF_ISORDERED(bp)) {
+	if (bp->b_flags & _XFS_BARRIER_FAILED) {
+		bp->b_flags &= ~_XFS_BARRIER_FAILED;
 		l->l_mp->m_flags &= ~XFS_MOUNT_BARRIER;
 		xfs_fs_cmn_err(CE_WARN, l->l_mp,
 				"xlog_iodone: Barriers are no longer supported"