diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 6c48f20eddd4..9d1da1d314a2 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ static int quiet_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
 }
 
 
-static void buffer_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
+static void buffer_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh, char *msg)
 {
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-	printk(KERN_ERR "Buffer I/O error on device %s, logical block %Lu\n",
+	printk(KERN_ERR "Buffer I/O error on dev %s, logical block %llu%s\n",
 			bdevname(bh->b_bdev, b),
-			(unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
+			(unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr, msg);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -177,17 +177,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_read_sync);
 
 void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
-	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-
 	if (uptodate) {
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	} else {
-		if (!quiet_error(bh)) {
-			buffer_io_error(bh);
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "lost page write due to "
-					"I/O error on %s\n",
-				       bdevname(bh->b_bdev, b));
-		}
+		if (!quiet_error(bh))
+			buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost sync page write");
 		set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	}
@@ -305,7 +299,7 @@ static void end_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 	} else {
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		if (!quiet_error(bh))
-			buffer_io_error(bh);
+			buffer_io_error(bh, ", async page read");
 		SetPageError(page);
 	}
 
@@ -353,7 +347,6 @@ still_busy:
  */
 void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
-	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct buffer_head *first;
 	struct buffer_head *tmp;
@@ -365,12 +358,8 @@ void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 	if (uptodate) {
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 	} else {
-		if (!quiet_error(bh)) {
-			buffer_io_error(bh);
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "lost page write due to "
-					"I/O error on %s\n",
-			       bdevname(bh->b_bdev, b));
-		}
+		if (!quiet_error(bh))
+			buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost async page write");
 		set_bit(AS_EIO, &page->mapping->flags);
 		set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);