diff --git a/fs/btrfs/bio.c b/fs/btrfs/bio.c
index ce13416bc10f03..f83ec5a1baa604 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/bio.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ void btrfs_bio_init(struct btrfs_bio *bbio, struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	bbio->end_io = end_io;
 	bbio->private = private;
 	atomic_set(&bbio->pending_ios, 1);
+	WRITE_ONCE(bbio->status, BLK_STS_OK);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -120,41 +121,29 @@ static void __btrfs_bio_end_io(struct btrfs_bio *bbio)
 	}
 }
 
-static void btrfs_orig_write_end_io(struct bio *bio);
-
-static void btrfs_bbio_propagate_error(struct btrfs_bio *bbio,
-				       struct btrfs_bio *orig_bbio)
-{
-	/*
-	 * For writes we tolerate nr_mirrors - 1 write failures, so we can't
-	 * just blindly propagate a write failure here.  Instead increment the
-	 * error count in the original I/O context so that it is guaranteed to
-	 * be larger than the error tolerance.
-	 */
-	if (bbio->bio.bi_end_io == &btrfs_orig_write_end_io) {
-		struct btrfs_io_stripe *orig_stripe = orig_bbio->bio.bi_private;
-		struct btrfs_io_context *orig_bioc = orig_stripe->bioc;
-
-		atomic_add(orig_bioc->max_errors, &orig_bioc->error);
-	} else {
-		orig_bbio->bio.bi_status = bbio->bio.bi_status;
-	}
-}
-
 void btrfs_bio_end_io(struct btrfs_bio *bbio, blk_status_t status)
 {
 	bbio->bio.bi_status = status;
 	if (bbio->bio.bi_pool == &btrfs_clone_bioset) {
 		struct btrfs_bio *orig_bbio = bbio->private;
 
-		if (bbio->bio.bi_status)
-			btrfs_bbio_propagate_error(bbio, orig_bbio);
 		btrfs_cleanup_bio(bbio);
 		bbio = orig_bbio;
 	}
 
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bbio->pending_ios))
+	/*
+	 * At this point, bbio always points to the original btrfs_bio. Save
+	 * the first error in it.
+	 */
+	if (status != BLK_STS_OK)
+		cmpxchg(&bbio->status, BLK_STS_OK, status);
+
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bbio->pending_ios)) {
+		/* Load split bio's error which might be set above. */
+		if (status == BLK_STS_OK)
+			bbio->bio.bi_status = READ_ONCE(bbio->status);
 		__btrfs_bio_end_io(bbio);
+	}
 }
 
 static int next_repair_mirror(struct btrfs_failed_bio *fbio, int cur_mirror)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/bio.h b/fs/btrfs/bio.h
index e4861234074588..e2fe16074ad655 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/bio.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/bio.h
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ struct btrfs_bio {
 	/* File system that this I/O operates on. */
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
 
+	/* Save the first error status of split bio. */
+	blk_status_t status;
+
 	/*
 	 * This member must come last, bio_alloc_bioset will allocate enough
 	 * bytes for entire btrfs_bio but relies on bio being last.