diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 5f5c30aaef36..78fba44ad3d9 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -338,7 +338,9 @@ static inline unsigned long btrfs_chunk_item_size(int num_stripes)
 /*
  * File system states
  */
+#define BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR		0
 
+/* Super block flags */
 /* Errors detected */
 #define BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR		(1ULL << 2)
 
@@ -1549,7 +1551,7 @@ struct btrfs_fs_info {
 	u64 qgroup_seq;
 
 	/* filesystem state */
-	u64 fs_state;
+	unsigned long fs_state;
 
 	struct btrfs_delayed_root *delayed_root;
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 00b6742fdde7..8e58a1f90546 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -2201,7 +2201,8 @@ int open_ctree(struct super_block *sb,
 		goto fail_alloc;
 
 	/* check FS state, whether FS is broken. */
-	fs_info->fs_state |= btrfs_super_flags(disk_super);
+	if (btrfs_super_flags(disk_super) & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR)
+		set_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state);
 
 	ret = btrfs_check_super_valid(fs_info, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -3359,7 +3360,7 @@ int close_ctree(struct btrfs_root *root)
 			printk(KERN_ERR "btrfs: commit super ret %d\n", ret);
 	}
 
-	if (fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR)
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state))
 		btrfs_error_commit_super(root);
 
 	btrfs_put_block_group_cache(fs_info);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 13c78ea3ebce..75d0fe134be3 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
 	 * although we have opened a file as writable, we have
 	 * to stop this write operation to ensure FS consistency.
 	 */
-	if (root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 		err = -EROFS;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index 67783e03d121..c78b2a3fc335 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -2708,7 +2708,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int scrub_supers(struct scrub_ctx *sctx,
 	int	ret;
 	struct btrfs_root *root = sctx->dev_root;
 
-	if (root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR)
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	gen = root->fs_info->last_trans_committed;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/super.c b/fs/btrfs/super.c
index eda330df45a4..4152f9ea34f5 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/super.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static void __save_error_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	 * today we only save the error info into ram.  Long term we'll
 	 * also send it down to the disk
 	 */
-	fs_info->fs_state = BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR;
+	set_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state);
 }
 
 static void save_error_info(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void btrfs_handle_error(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 		return;
 
-	if (fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state)) {
 		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
 		printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs is forced readonly\n");
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 34610dc6d140..baf6d74fd0f2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static noinline int join_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, int type)
 	spin_lock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 loop:
 	/* The file system has been taken offline. No new transactions. */
-	if (fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state)) {
 		spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 		return -EROFS;
 	}
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ loop:
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_transaction_cachep, cur_trans);
 		cur_trans = fs_info->running_transaction;
 		goto loop;
-	} else if (fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
+	} else if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &fs_info->fs_state)) {
 		spin_unlock(&fs_info->trans_lock);
 		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_transaction_cachep, cur_trans);
 		return -EROFS;
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ start_transaction(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 num_items, int type,
 	int ret;
 	u64 qgroup_reserved = 0;
 
-	if (root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR)
+	if (test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EROFS);
 
 	if (current->journal_info) {
@@ -645,9 +645,8 @@ static int __btrfs_end_transaction(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 		btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(root);
 
 	if (trans->aborted ||
-	    root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
+	    test_bit(BTRFS_FS_STATE_ERROR, &root->fs_info->fs_state))
 		err = -EIO;
-	}
 	assert_qgroups_uptodate(trans);
 
 	kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);