diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 42e4a303b675..8e8b675ac202 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -1120,8 +1120,8 @@ static void ext2_clear_super_error(struct super_block *sb)
 		 * be remapped.  Nothing we can do but to retry the
 		 * write and hope for the best.
 		 */
-		printk(KERN_ERR "EXT2-fs: %s previous I/O error to "
-		       "superblock detected", sb->s_id);
+		ext2_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
+		       "previous I/O error to superblock detected\n");
 		clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
 	}
@@ -1161,23 +1161,9 @@ static void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_super_block *es)
 static int ext2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	struct ext2_super_block *es = EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es;
-	struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
 
 	lock_kernel();
-	if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
-		/*
-		 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the
-		 * superblock failed.  This could happen because the
-		 * USB device was yanked out.  Or it could happen to
-		 * be a transient write error and maybe the block will
-		 * be remapped.  Nothing we can do but to retry the
-		 * write and hope for the best.
-		 */
-		ext2_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
-		       "previous I/O error to superblock detected\n");
-		clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
-		set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
-	}
+	ext2_clear_super_error(sb);
 
 	if (es->s_state & cpu_to_le16(EXT2_VALID_FS)) {
 		ext2_debug("setting valid to 0\n");