diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index b721d0bda5e5..391efaf1d528 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ static struct page *ufs_get_page(struct inode *dir, unsigned long n)
 	if (!IS_ERR(page)) {
 		kmap(page);
 		if (unlikely(!PageChecked(page))) {
-			if (PageError(page) || !ufs_check_page(page))
+			if (!ufs_check_page(page))
 				goto fail;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ufs/util.c b/fs/ufs/util.c
index 4fa633f84274..08ddf41eaaad 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/util.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/util.c
@@ -264,17 +264,6 @@ struct page *ufs_get_locked_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 			put_page(page);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-
-		if (!PageUptodate(page) || PageError(page)) {
-			unlock_page(page);
-			put_page(page);
-
-			printk(KERN_ERR "ufs_change_blocknr: "
-			       "can not read page: ino %lu, index: %lu\n",
-			       inode->i_ino, index);
-
-			return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
-		}
 	}
 	if (!page_has_buffers(page))
 		create_empty_buffers(page, 1 << inode->i_blkbits, 0);