diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index c17ccc1..5dc0a31 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int block_group)
 	struct ext2_group_desc * desc;
 	struct buffer_head * bh = NULL;
 	ext2_fsblk_t bitmap_blk;
+	int ret;
 
 	desc = ext2_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, NULL);
 	if (!desc)
@@ -139,10 +140,10 @@ read_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int block_group)
 			    block_group, le32_to_cpu(desc->bg_block_bitmap));
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	if (likely(bh_uptodate_or_lock(bh)))
+	ret = bh_read(bh, 0);
+	if (ret > 0)
 		return bh;
-
-	if (bh_submit_read(bh) < 0) {
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		brelse(bh);
 		ext2_error(sb, __func__,
 			    "Cannot read block bitmap - "