diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index 1e15889c4b98..bf7ceba18788 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ aoeblk_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 		BUG();
 		bio_endio(bio, -ENXIO);
 		return 0;
+	} else if (bio_rw_flagged(bio, BIO_RW_BARRIER)) {
+		bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
+		return 0;
 	} else if (bio->bi_io_vec == NULL) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: bi_io_vec is NULL\n");
 		BUG();