diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 55e762a58eb65..0a7ba84c19055 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list);
-static int submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 struct writeback_control *wbc);
+static void submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
+			  struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
 #define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers)
 
@@ -2673,8 +2673,8 @@ static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio)
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
-static int submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static void submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
+			  struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	const enum req_op op = opf & REQ_OP_MASK;
 	struct bio *bio;
@@ -2717,12 +2717,11 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh,
 	}
 
 	submit_bio(bio);
-	return 0;
 }
 
-int submit_bh(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh)
+void submit_bh(blk_opf_t opf, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	return submit_bh_wbc(opf, bh, NULL);
+	submit_bh_wbc(opf, bh, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 
@@ -2801,8 +2800,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_dirty_buffer);
  */
 int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
-
 	WARN_ON(atomic_read(&bh->b_count) < 1);
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
@@ -2817,14 +2814,14 @@ int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags)
 
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-		ret = submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE | op_flags, bh);
+		submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE | op_flags, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
-		if (!ret && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
-			ret = -EIO;
+		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+			return -EIO;
 	} else {
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
 	}
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sync_dirty_buffer);
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index b2b2bc9b88d9d..6b51d2dc56e25 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 {
 	struct commit_header *tmp;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	int ret;
 	struct timespec64 now;
+	blk_opf_t write_flags = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC;
 
 	*cbh = NULL;
 
@@ -155,13 +155,11 @@ static int journal_submit_commit_record(journal_t *journal,
 
 	if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER &&
 	    !jbd2_has_feature_async_commit(journal))
-		ret = submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC | REQ_PREFLUSH |
-				REQ_FUA, bh);
-	else
-		ret = submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_SYNC, bh);
+		write_flags |= REQ_PREFLUSH | REQ_FUA;
 
+	submit_bh(write_flags, bh);
 	*cbh = bh;
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index 6350d3857c896..f669ae1ff7a20 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ static int jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, blk_opf_t write_flags)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* Buffer got discarded which means block device got invalidated */
 	if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ static int jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, blk_opf_t write_flags)
 		sb->s_checksum = jbd2_superblock_csum(journal, sb);
 	get_bh(bh);
 	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-	ret = submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE | write_flags, bh);
+	submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE | write_flags, bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
 		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
@@ -1644,9 +1644,8 @@ static int jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, blk_opf_t write_flags)
 		ret = -EIO;
 	}
 	if (ret) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: Error %d detected when updating "
-		       "journal superblock for %s.\n", ret,
-		       journal->j_devname);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: I/O error when updating journal superblock for %s.\n",
+				journal->j_devname);
 		if (!is_journal_aborted(journal))
 			jbd2_journal_abort(journal, ret);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index 58b660dbbee9b..c481b14e4fd98 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -527,12 +527,12 @@ static inline int __ntfs_grab_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	goto out;
 }
 
-static inline int ntfs_submit_bh_for_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
+static inline void ntfs_submit_bh_for_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
 	lock_buffer(bh);
 	get_bh(bh);
 	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
-	return submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, bh);
+	submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, bh);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index def8b8d30ccc1..b1373844c43d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ void ll_rw_block(blk_opf_t, int, struct buffer_head * bh[]);
 int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
 int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags);
 void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags);
-int submit_bh(blk_opf_t, struct buffer_head *);
+void submit_bh(blk_opf_t, struct buffer_head *);
 void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
 			sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize);
 int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh);