diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 8bbe11855223..134f31efe515 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -537,13 +537,13 @@ int gfs2_meta_reread(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh, int flags)
 }
 
 /**
- * gfs2_meta_attach_bufdata - attach a struct gfs2_bufdata structure to a buffer
+ * gfs2_attach_bufdata - attach a struct gfs2_bufdata structure to a buffer
  * @gl: the glock the buffer belongs to
  * @bh: The buffer to be attached to
- *
+ * @meta: Flag to indicate whether its metadata or not
  */
 
-void gfs2_meta_attach_bufdata(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct buffer_head *bh)
+void gfs2_attach_bufdata(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct buffer_head *bh, int meta)
 {
 	struct gfs2_bufdata *bd;
 
@@ -563,7 +563,10 @@ void gfs2_meta_attach_bufdata(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct buffer_head *bh)
 	bd->bd_gl = gl;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bd->bd_list_tr);
-	lops_init_le(&bd->bd_le, &gfs2_buf_lops);
+	if (meta)
+		lops_init_le(&bd->bd_le, &gfs2_buf_lops);
+	else
+		lops_init_le(&bd->bd_le, &gfs2_databuf_lops);
 
 	set_v2bd(bh, bd);
 
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h
index 5556df8cc6c9..10fbf825c110 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int gfs2_meta_read(struct gfs2_glock *gl, uint64_t blkno,
 		   int flags, struct buffer_head **bhp);
 int gfs2_meta_reread(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh, int flags);
 
-void gfs2_meta_attach_bufdata(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct buffer_head *bh);
+void gfs2_attach_bufdata(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct buffer_head *bh, int meta);
 void gfs2_meta_pin(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh);
 void gfs2_meta_unpin(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		 struct gfs2_ail *ai);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/trans.c b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
index 82952fb64830..a9df4a34ebad 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/trans.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/trans.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void gfs2_trans_add_bh(struct gfs2_glock *gl, struct buffer_head *bh, int meta)
 	if (bd)
 		gfs2_assert(sdp, bd->bd_gl == gl);
 	else {
-		gfs2_meta_attach_bufdata(gl, bh);
+		gfs2_attach_bufdata(gl, bh, meta);
 		bd = get_v2bd(bh);
 	}