diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 04da6ac..bba7b96 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@
 		return bh;
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
-	ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+	ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@
 		trace_ext3_load_inode(inode);
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-		submit_bh(READ_META, bh);
+		submit_bh(READ | REQ_META, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 			ext3_error(inode->i_sb, "ext3_get_inode_loc",
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 5571708..c7d4032 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@
 				bh = ext3_getblk(NULL, dir, b++, 0, &err);
 				bh_use[ra_max] = bh;
 				if (bh)
-					ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+					ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 			}
 		}
 		if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index c4da98a..1dfa18f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
 		return bh;
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
-	ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+	ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		return bh;
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@
 		trace_ext4_load_inode(inode);
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-		submit_bh(READ_META, bh);
+		submit_bh(READ | REQ_META, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE_BLOCK(inode, block,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index f8068c7..d36315a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@
 				bh = ext4_getblk(NULL, dir, b++, 0, &err);
 				bh_use[ra_max] = bh;
 				if (bh)
-					ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+					ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 			}
 		}
 		if ((bh = bh_use[ra_ptr++]) == NULL)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index 42e8d23..0534340 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		ll_rw_block(READ_META, 1, &bh);
+		ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
 			goto unlock_out;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 178cdb4..eae44c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -162,10 +162,8 @@
 #define READA			RWA_MASK
 
 #define READ_SYNC		(READ | REQ_SYNC)
-#define READ_META		(READ | REQ_META)
 #define WRITE_SYNC		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE)
 #define WRITE_ODIRECT		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC)
-#define WRITE_META		(WRITE | REQ_META)
 #define WRITE_FLUSH		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH)
 #define WRITE_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FUA)
 #define WRITE_FLUSH_FUA		(WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_NOIDLE | REQ_FLUSH | REQ_FUA)