diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7db24b9..3b226f7 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1727,6 +1727,7 @@
 	} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);
 	SetPageError(page);
 	BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
+	mapping_set_error(page->mapping, err);
 	set_page_writeback(page);
 	do {
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;