diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 3e7dca2..7f0b9b0 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 	if (uptodate) {
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	} else {
-		if (!buffer_eopnotsupp(bh) && !quiet_error(bh)) {
+		if (!quiet_error(bh)) {
 			buffer_io_error(bh);
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "lost page write due to "
 					"I/O error on %s\n",
@@ -2891,7 +2891,6 @@
 
 	if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
 		set_bit(BIO_EOPNOTSUPP, &bio->bi_flags);
-		set_bit(BH_Eopnotsupp, &bh->b_state);
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely (test_bit(BIO_QUIET,&bio->bi_flags)))
@@ -3031,10 +3030,6 @@
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
 		ret = submit_bh(rw, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
-		if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
-			clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
-			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		}
 		if (!ret && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
 			ret = -EIO;
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index 1736f23..970e682 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -255,10 +255,7 @@
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++) {
 		wait_on_buffer(bhs[i]);
-		if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bhs[i])) {
-			clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bhs[i]);
-			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		} else if (!err && !buffer_uptodate(bhs[i]))
+		if (!err && !buffer_uptodate(bhs[i]))
 			err = -EIO;
 	}
 	return err;