diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 57d375c68e46..875715769a29 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -452,9 +452,9 @@ static int btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	int mirror_num = 0;
 	int failed_mirror = 0;
 
-	clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_CORRUPT, &eb->bflags);
 	io_tree = &BTRFS_I(root->fs_info->btree_inode)->io_tree;
 	while (1) {
+		clear_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_CORRUPT, &eb->bflags);
 		ret = read_extent_buffer_pages(io_tree, eb, WAIT_COMPLETE,
 					       btree_get_extent, mirror_num);
 		if (!ret) {
@@ -465,14 +465,6 @@ static int btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(struct btrfs_root *root,
 				ret = -EIO;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * This buffer's crc is fine, but its contents are corrupted, so
-		 * there is no reason to read the other copies, they won't be
-		 * any less wrong.
-		 */
-		if (test_bit(EXTENT_BUFFER_CORRUPT, &eb->bflags))
-			break;
-
 		num_copies = btrfs_num_copies(root->fs_info,
 					      eb->start, eb->len);
 		if (num_copies == 1)