diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index 1d098c3c00e0..9f8250df99f1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks_sync(struct ocfs2_super *osb, u64 block,
 #endif
 		}
 
-		clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 		get_bh(bh); /* for end_buffer_read_sync() */
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
 		submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, 0, bh);
@@ -306,7 +305,6 @@ int ocfs2_read_blocks(struct ocfs2_caching_info *ci, u64 block, int nr,
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			get_bh(bh); /* for end_buffer_read_sync() */
 			if (validate)
 				set_buffer_needs_validate(bh);