diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
index c4eca5ed5dab..492d75bae2bf 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_vnodeops.c
@@ -538,7 +538,9 @@ xfs_readlink_bmap(
 		d = XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, mval[n].br_startblock);
 		byte_cnt = XFS_FSB_TO_B(mp, mval[n].br_blockcount);
 
-		bp = xfs_buf_read(mp->m_ddev_targp, d, BTOBB(byte_cnt), 0);
+		bp = xfs_buf_read_flags(mp->m_ddev_targp, d, BTOBB(byte_cnt),
+					XBF_LOCK | XBF_MAPPED |
+					XBF_DONT_BLOCK);
 		error = XFS_BUF_GETERROR(bp);
 		if (error) {
 			xfs_ioerror_alert("xfs_readlink",