diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 598646434362..2731e657cf7f 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void log_write_header(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u32 flags, int pull)
 	if (test_bit(SDF_NOBARRIERS, &sdp->sd_flags))
 		submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh);
 	else
-		submit_bh(WRITE_FLUSH_FUA | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh);
+		submit_bh(WRITE_FLUSH_FUA | REQ_META, bh);
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index be29858900f6..181586e673f9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 	if (buffer_uptodate(first_bh))
 		goto out;
 	if (!buffer_locked(first_bh))
-		ll_rw_block(READ_SYNC | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &first_bh);
+		ll_rw_block(READ_SYNC | REQ_META, 1, &first_bh);
 
 	dblock++;
 	extlen--;
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ struct buffer_head *gfs2_meta_ra(struct gfs2_glock *gl, u64 dblock, u32 extlen)
 		bh = gfs2_getbuf(gl, dblock, CREATE);
 
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_locked(bh))
-			ll_rw_block(READA, 1, &bh);
+			ll_rw_block(READA | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 		brelse(bh);
 		dblock++;
 		extlen--;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
index cb23c2be731a..fe72e79e6ff9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int gfs2_read_super(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, sector_t sector, int silent)
 
 	bio->bi_end_io = end_bio_io_page;
 	bio->bi_private = page;
-	submit_bio(READ_SYNC | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bio);
+	submit_bio(READ_SYNC | REQ_META, bio);
 	wait_on_page_locked(page);
 	bio_put(bio);
 	if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/quota.c b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
index 7e528dc14f85..d1962b2f67f9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/quota.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/quota.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ get_a_page:
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-		ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, 1, &bh);
+		ll_rw_block(READ | REQ_META, 1, &bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
 			goto unlock_out;