diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 1f24ee5..0a767fc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1004,6 +1004,17 @@
 	trace_xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, error, _RET_IP_);
 }
 
+void
+xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(
+	struct xfs_buf		*bp,
+	const char		*func)
+{
+	xfs_alert(bp->b_target->bt_mount,
+"metadata I/O error: block 0x%llx (\"%s\") error %d buf count %zd",
+		(__uint64_t)XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp), func,
+		bp->b_error, XFS_BUF_COUNT(bp));
+}
+
 int
 xfs_bwrite(
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
index 26b9094..357a337 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@
 
 extern void xfs_buf_ioend(xfs_buf_t *,	int);
 extern void xfs_buf_ioerror(xfs_buf_t *, int);
+extern void xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(struct xfs_buf *, const char *func);
 extern int xfs_buf_iorequest(xfs_buf_t *);
 extern int xfs_buf_iowait(xfs_buf_t *);
 extern void xfs_buf_iomove(xfs_buf_t *, size_t, size_t, void *,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 8c9db4e..2758a62 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (XFS_TEST_ERROR((xfs_buf_geterror(bp)), l->l_mp,
 			XFS_ERRTAG_IODONE_IOERR, XFS_RANDOM_IODONE_IOERR)) {
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_iodone", l->l_mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 		xfs_buf_stale(bp);
 		xfs_force_shutdown(l->l_mp, SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
 		/*
@@ -1387,9 +1387,9 @@
 	 */
 	XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
 
-	if ((error = xlog_bdstrat(bp))) {
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_sync", log->l_mp, bp,
-				  XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+	error = xlog_bdstrat(bp);
+	if (error) {
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, "xlog_sync");
 		return error;
 	}
 	if (split) {
@@ -1423,9 +1423,9 @@
 		/* account for internal log which doesn't start at block #0 */
 		XFS_BUF_SET_ADDR(bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp) + log->l_logBBstart);
 		XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
-		if ((error = xlog_bdstrat(bp))) {
-			xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_sync (split)", log->l_mp,
-					  bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+		error = xlog_bdstrat(bp);
+		if (error) {
+			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, "xlog_sync (split)");
 			return error;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
index 8f70f34..82ee9db 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@
 	xfsbdstrat(log->l_mp, bp);
 	error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
 	if (error)
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_bread", log->l_mp,
-				  bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -269,10 +268,8 @@
 	XFS_BUF_SET_COUNT(bp, BBTOB(nbblks));
 
 	error = xfs_bwrite(bp);
-	if (error) {
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_bwrite", log->l_mp,
-				  bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
-	}
+	if (error)
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 	return error;
 }
@@ -364,9 +361,7 @@
 		 * We're not going to bother about retrying
 		 * this during recovery. One strike!
 		 */
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_recover_iodone",
-					bp->b_target->bt_mount, bp,
-					XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 		xfs_force_shutdown(bp->b_target->bt_mount,
 					SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
 	}
@@ -2138,8 +2133,7 @@
 		return XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
 	error = bp->b_error;
 	if (error) {
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_recover_do..(read#1)", mp,
-				  bp, buf_f->blf_blkno);
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, "xlog_recover_do..(read#1)");
 		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 		return error;
 	}
@@ -2234,8 +2228,7 @@
 	}
 	error = bp->b_error;
 	if (error) {
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_recover_do..(read#2)", mp,
-				  bp, in_f->ilf_blkno);
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, "xlog_recover_do..(read#2)");
 		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 		goto error;
 	}
@@ -2542,8 +2535,7 @@
 			     XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, dq_f->qlf_len),
 			     0, &bp);
 	if (error) {
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_recover_do..(read#3)", mp,
-				  bp, dq_f->qlf_blkno);
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, "xlog_recover_do..(read#3)");
 		return error;
 	}
 	ASSERT(bp);
@@ -3695,8 +3687,7 @@
 	xfsbdstrat(log->l_mp, bp);
 	error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
 	if (error) {
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xlog_do_recover",
-				  log->l_mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 		ASSERT(0);
 		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 		return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
index e8fe1cb5..f3b1cec 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
@@ -1610,8 +1610,7 @@
 		xfsbdstrat(mp, sbp);
 		error = xfs_buf_iowait(sbp);
 		if (error)
-			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_unmountfs_writesb",
-					  mp, sbp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(sbp));
+			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(sbp, __func__);
 		xfs_buf_relse(sbp);
 	}
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
index 86f1928..597d044 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.c
@@ -92,24 +92,6 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Prints out an ALERT message about I/O error.
- */
-void
-xfs_ioerror_alert(
-	char			*func,
-	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
-	xfs_buf_t		*bp,
-	xfs_daddr_t		blkno)
-{
-	xfs_alert(mp,
-		 "I/O error occurred: meta-data dev %s block 0x%llx"
-		 "       (\"%s\") error %d buf count %zd",
-		xfs_buf_target_name(bp->b_target),
-		(__uint64_t)blkno, func,
-		bp->b_error, XFS_BUF_COUNT(bp));
-}
-
-/*
  * This isn't an absolute requirement, but it is
  * just a good idea to call xfs_read_buf instead of
  * directly doing a read_buf call. For one, we shouldn't
@@ -143,7 +125,7 @@
 	} else {
 		*bpp = NULL;
 		if (error) {
-			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_read_buf", mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 		} else {
 			error = XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
index 11c41ec..bbdb9ad 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_rw.h
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 extern int xfs_read_buf(struct xfs_mount *mp, xfs_buftarg_t *btp,
 			xfs_daddr_t blkno, int len, uint flags,
 			struct xfs_buf **bpp);
-extern void xfs_ioerror_alert(char *func, struct xfs_mount *mp,
-				xfs_buf_t *bp, xfs_daddr_t blkno);
 extern xfs_extlen_t xfs_get_extsz_hint(struct xfs_inode *ip);
 
 #endif /* __XFS_RW_H__ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
index 5bab598..475a4de 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
@@ -296,8 +296,7 @@
 
 		if (bp->b_error) {
 			error = bp->b_error;
-			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_trans_read_buf", mp,
-					  bp, blkno);
+			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 			return error;
 		}
@@ -339,8 +338,7 @@
 			xfsbdstrat(tp->t_mountp, bp);
 			error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
 			if (error) {
-				xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_trans_read_buf", mp,
-						  bp, blkno);
+				xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 				xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 				/*
 				 * We can gracefully recover from most read
@@ -391,8 +389,7 @@
 		error = bp->b_error;
 		xfs_buf_stale(bp);
 		XFS_BUF_DONE(bp);
-		xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_trans_read_buf", mp,
-				  bp, blkno);
+		xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 		if (tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_DIRTY)
 			xfs_force_shutdown(tp->t_mountp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
 		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index fc38f15..4ecf2a5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@
 			return XFS_ERROR(ENOMEM);
 		error = bp->b_error;
 		if (error) {
-			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_readlink",
-				  ip->i_mount, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 			xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -1993,8 +1992,8 @@
 		xfsbdstrat(mp, bp);
 		error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
 		if (error) {
-			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_zero_remaining_bytes(read)",
-					  mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp,
+					"xfs_zero_remaining_bytes(read)");
 			break;
 		}
 		memset(bp->b_addr +
@@ -2006,8 +2005,8 @@
 		xfsbdstrat(mp, bp);
 		error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
 		if (error) {
-			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_zero_remaining_bytes(write)",
-					  mp, bp, XFS_BUF_ADDR(bp));
+			xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp,
+					"xfs_zero_remaining_bytes(write)");
 			break;
 		}
 	}