diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 76b874a791758dd4782450d7053ada3f8148263e..4f9e22f29138f1001dfca566ab3b04e176b6ae2e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -656,6 +656,16 @@ static irqreturn_t blkif_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: write barrier op failed\n",
 				       info->gd->disk_name);
 				error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
+			if (unlikely(bret->status == BLKIF_RSP_ERROR &&
+				     info->shadow[id].req.nr_segments == 0)) {
+				printk(KERN_WARNING "blkfront: %s: empty write barrier op failed\n",
+				       info->gd->disk_name);
+				error = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			}
+			if (unlikely(error)) {
+				if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+					error = 0;
 				info->feature_flush = 0;
 				xlvbd_flush(info);
 			}