*        the file system was mounted, (i.e., they have been
  *        referenced by the super block) or they have been
  *        written since then and the write completion callback
- *        was called and a FLUSH request to the device where
- *        these blocks are located was received and completed.
+ *        was called and no write error was indicated and a
+ *        FLUSH request to the device where these blocks are
+ *        located was received and completed.
  *    2b. All referenced blocks need to have a generation
  *        number which is equal to the parent's number.
  *
                               (unsigned long long)l->block_ref_to->dev_bytenr,
                               l->block_ref_to->mirror_num);
                        ret = -1;
+               } else if (l->block_ref_to->iodone_w_error) {
+                       printk(KERN_INFO "btrfs: attempt to write superblock"
+                              " which references block %c @%llu (%s/%llu/%d)"
+                              " which has write error!\n",
+                              btrfsic_get_block_type(state, l->block_ref_to),
+                              (unsigned long long)
+                              l->block_ref_to->logical_bytenr,
+                              l->block_ref_to->dev_state->name,
+                              (unsigned long long)l->block_ref_to->dev_bytenr,
+                              l->block_ref_to->mirror_num);
+                       ret = -1;
                } else if (l->parent_generation !=
                           l->block_ref_to->generation &&
                           BTRFSIC_GENERATION_UNKNOWN !=