diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index b2b411985591..969fd151024c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ STATIC int
 xfs_bioerror_relse(
 	struct xfs_buf	*bp)
 {
-	int64_t		fl = XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp);
+	int64_t		fl = bp->b_flags;
 	/*
 	 * No need to wait until the buffer is unpinned.
 	 * We aren't flushing it.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
index 6a83b46b4bcf..6b6c25ff4ead 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.h
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ extern void xfs_buf_terminate(void);
 	({ char __b[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; bdevname((target)->bt_bdev, __b); __b; })
 
 
-#define XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp)	((bp)->b_flags)
 #define XFS_BUF_ZEROFLAGS(bp) \
 	((bp)->b_flags &= ~(XBF_READ|XBF_WRITE|XBF_ASYNC|XBF_DELWRI| \
 			    XBF_SYNCIO|XBF_FUA|XBF_FLUSH))
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
index 15584fc3ed7d..1bc04d4e7eb1 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ shutdown_abort:
 	if (XFS_BUF_ISSTALE(bp) && XFS_BUF_ISDELAYWRITE(bp))
 		xfs_notice(mp, "about to pop assert, bp == 0x%p", bp);
 #endif
-	ASSERT((XFS_BUF_BFLAGS(bp) & (XBF_STALE|XBF_DELWRI)) !=
+	ASSERT((bp->b_flags & (XBF_STALE|XBF_DELWRI)) !=
 				     (XBF_STALE|XBF_DELWRI));
 
 	trace_xfs_trans_read_buf_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);