diff --git a/fs/ufs/util.c b/fs/ufs/util.c
index f41ad0a6106f..02497a492eb2 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/util.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/util.c
@@ -243,9 +243,8 @@ ufs_set_inode_dev(struct super_block *sb, struct ufs_inode_info *ufsi, dev_t dev
 struct page *ufs_get_locked_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 				 pgoff_t index)
 {
-	struct page *page;
-
-	page = find_lock_page(mapping, index);
+	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+	struct page *page = find_lock_page(mapping, index);
 	if (!page) {
 		page = read_mapping_page(mapping, index, NULL);
 
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ struct page *ufs_get_locked_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 			printk(KERN_ERR "ufs_change_blocknr: "
 			       "read_mapping_page error: ino %lu, index: %lu\n",
 			       mapping->host->i_ino, index);
-			goto out;
+			return page;
 		}
 
 		lock_page(page);
@@ -262,8 +261,7 @@ struct page *ufs_get_locked_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 			/* Truncate got there first */
 			unlock_page(page);
 			put_page(page);
-			page = NULL;
-			goto out;
+			return NULL;
 		}
 
 		if (!PageUptodate(page) || PageError(page)) {
@@ -272,11 +270,12 @@ struct page *ufs_get_locked_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 			printk(KERN_ERR "ufs_change_blocknr: "
 			       "can not read page: ino %lu, index: %lu\n",
-			       mapping->host->i_ino, index);
+			       inode->i_ino, index);
 
-			page = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 		}
 	}
-out:
+	if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+		create_empty_buffers(page, 1 << inode->i_blkbits, 0);
 	return page;
 }