XFS_BUF_UNWRITE(bp);
                XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
                XFS_BUF_SET_ADDR(bp, xfs_fsb_to_db(ip, imap.br_startblock));
-               xfsbdstrat(mp, bp);
+
+               if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+                       error = XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+                       break;
+               }
+               xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
                error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
                if (error) {
                        xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp,
                XFS_BUF_UNDONE(bp);
                XFS_BUF_UNREAD(bp);
                XFS_BUF_WRITE(bp);
-               xfsbdstrat(mp, bp);
+
+               if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+                       error = XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+                       break;
+               }
+               xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
                error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
                if (error) {
                        xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp,
 
        bp->b_flags |= XBF_READ;
        bp->b_ops = ops;
 
-       xfsbdstrat(target->bt_mount, bp);
+       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(target->bt_mount)) {
+               xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
        xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
        return bp;
 }
  * This is meant for userdata errors; metadata bufs come with
  * iodone functions attached, so that we can track down errors.
  */
-STATIC int
+int
 xfs_bioerror_relse(
        struct xfs_buf  *bp)
 {
        return error;
 }
 
-/*
- * Wrapper around bdstrat so that we can stop data from going to disk in case
- * we are shutting down the filesystem.  Typically user data goes thru this
- * path; one of the exceptions is the superblock.
- */
-void
-xfsbdstrat(
-       struct xfs_mount        *mp,
-       struct xfs_buf          *bp)
-{
-       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
-               trace_xfs_bdstrat_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
-               xfs_bioerror_relse(bp);
-               return;
-       }
-
-       xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
-}
-
 STATIC void
 _xfs_buf_ioend(
        xfs_buf_t               *bp,
 
 
 /* Buffer Read and Write Routines */
 extern int xfs_bwrite(struct xfs_buf *bp);
-
-extern void xfsbdstrat(struct xfs_mount *, struct xfs_buf *);
-
 extern void xfs_buf_ioend(xfs_buf_t *, int);
 extern void xfs_buf_ioerror(xfs_buf_t *, int);
 extern void xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(struct xfs_buf *, const char *func);
 #define xfs_buf_zero(bp, off, len) \
            xfs_buf_iomove((bp), (off), (len), NULL, XBRW_ZERO)
 
+extern int xfs_bioerror_relse(struct xfs_buf *);
+
 static inline int xfs_buf_geterror(xfs_buf_t *bp)
 {
        return bp ? bp->b_error : ENOMEM;
 
        bp->b_io_length = nbblks;
        bp->b_error = 0;
 
-       xfsbdstrat(log->l_mp, bp);
+       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(log->l_mp))
+               return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+
+       xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
        error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
        if (error)
                xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
        XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
        XFS_BUF_UNASYNC(bp);
        bp->b_ops = &xfs_sb_buf_ops;
-       xfsbdstrat(log->l_mp, bp);
+
+       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(log->l_mp)) {
+               xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+               return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
+       }
+
+       xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
        error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
        if (error) {
                xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);
 
                        ASSERT(bp->b_iodone == NULL);
                        XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
                        bp->b_ops = ops;
-                       xfsbdstrat(tp->t_mountp, bp);
+
+                       /*
+                        * XXX(hch): clean up the error handling here to be less
+                        * of a mess..
+                        */
+                       if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+                               trace_xfs_bdstrat_shut(bp, _RET_IP_);
+                               xfs_bioerror_relse(bp);
+                       } else {
+                               xfs_buf_iorequest(bp);
+                       }
+
                        error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
                        if (error) {
                                xfs_buf_ioerror_alert(bp, __func__);