diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ebdb4ca64e05..8417b8b48593 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5af443a7e1c0864100cc44525a9821aa2a2f4719
+refs/heads/master: 51aa322849581f1a73594e48ea0df63f914ee6a2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index a89f41f00757..3a2e6a2f8bdd 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ static int sync_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+retry:
 	io.error_bits = 0;
 	io.eopnotsupp_bits = 0;
 	atomic_set(&io.count, 1); /* see dispatch_io() */
@@ -382,6 +383,11 @@ static int sync_io(struct dm_io_client *client, unsigned int num_regions,
 	}
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
+	if (io.eopnotsupp_bits && (rw & (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))) {
+		rw &= ~(1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
 	if (error_bits)
 		*error_bits = io.error_bits;