diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index d9ebe11c8990..1d098c3c00e0 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 block, int nr,
 				 * for this bh as it's not marked locally
 				 * uptodate. */
 				status = -EIO;
+				clear_buffer_needs_validate(bh);
 				put_bh(bh);
 				bhs[i] = NULL;
 				continue;