diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index bb4e999116d0..05efa682bc2f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -1013,14 +1013,14 @@ static void ext4_free_branches(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			}
 
 			/* Go read the buffer for the next level down */
-			bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, nr);
+			bh = ext4_sb_bread(inode->i_sb, nr, 0);
 
 			/*
 			 * A read failure? Report error and clear slot
 			 * (should be rare).
 			 */
-			if (!bh) {
-				ext4_error_inode_block(inode, nr, EIO,
+			if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
+				ext4_error_inode_block(inode, nr, -PTR_ERR(bh),
 						       "Read failure");
 				continue;
 			}
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index 828d8581d1c7..928700d57eb6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -1808,8 +1808,8 @@ int ext4_group_extend(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es,
 			     o_blocks_count + add, add);
 
 	/* See if the device is actually as big as what was requested */
-	bh = sb_bread(sb, o_blocks_count + add - 1);
-	if (!bh) {
+	bh = ext4_sb_bread(sb, o_blocks_count + add - 1, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 		ext4_warning(sb, "can't read last block, resize aborted");
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
@@ -1934,8 +1934,8 @@ int ext4_resize_fs(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count)
 	int meta_bg;
 
 	/* See if the device is actually as big as what was requested */
-	bh = sb_bread(sb, n_blocks_count - 1);
-	if (!bh) {
+	bh = ext4_sb_bread(sb, n_blocks_count - 1, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(bh)) {
 		ext4_warning(sb, "can't read last block, resize aborted");
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}