diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 550b1788981e..1a546a86d7a7 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ int nilfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
 		nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb); /* never fails */
 		/* Error handling should be detailed */
 		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
+		set_buffer_delay(bh_result);
 		map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, 0); /* dbn must be changed
 						      to proper value */
 	} else if (ret == -ENOENT) {
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index d3d2f4396f72..efc7d0a1bbf7 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1763,6 +1763,7 @@ static void nilfs_clear_copied_buffers(struct list_head *list, int err)
 				if (!err) {
 					set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 					clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+					clear_buffer_delay(bh);
 					clear_buffer_nilfs_volatile(bh);
 				}
 				brelse(bh); /* for b_assoc_buffers */
@@ -1889,6 +1890,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 				    b_assoc_buffers) {
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
+			clear_buffer_delay(bh);
 			clear_buffer_nilfs_volatile(bh);
 			clear_buffer_nilfs_redirected(bh);
 			if (bh == segbuf->sb_super_root) {