diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index 933b7930b863..4b0b8dd1b7b0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1197,9 +1197,14 @@ xfs_buf_bio_end_io(
 {
 	xfs_buf_t		*bp = (xfs_buf_t *)bio->bi_private;
 
-	xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -error);
+	/*
+	 * don't overwrite existing errors - otherwise we can lose errors on
+	 * buffers that require multiple bios to complete.
+	 */
+	if (!bp->b_error)
+		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, -error);
 
-	if (!error && xfs_buf_is_vmapped(bp) && (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ))
+	if (!bp->b_error && xfs_buf_is_vmapped(bp) && (bp->b_flags & XBF_READ))
 		invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(bp->b_addr, xfs_buf_vmap_len(bp));
 
 	_xfs_buf_ioend(bp, 1);
@@ -1279,6 +1284,11 @@ next_chunk:
 		if (size)
 			goto next_chunk;
 	} else {
+		/*
+		 * This is guaranteed not to be the last io reference count
+		 * because the caller (xfs_buf_iorequest) holds a count itself.
+		 */
+		atomic_dec(&bp->b_io_remaining);
 		xfs_buf_ioerror(bp, EIO);
 		bio_put(bio);
 	}