diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
index 28a726553318..1ced5bc551e4 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/btnode.c
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ nilfs_btnode_create_block(struct address_space *btnc, __u64 blocknr)
 		goto failed;
 	}
 	memset(bh->b_data, 0, i_blocksize(inode));
-	bh->b_bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
 	bh->b_blocknr = blocknr;
 	set_buffer_mapped(bh);
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ int nilfs_btnode_submit_block(struct address_space *btnc, __u64 blocknr,
 		goto found;
 	}
 	set_buffer_mapped(bh);
-	bh->b_bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
 	bh->b_blocknr = pblocknr; /* set block address for read */
 	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
 	get_bh(bh);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
index b0077f5f7112..518e10be1073 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/gcinode.c
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ int nilfs_gccache_submit_read_data(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
-		bh->b_bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
+	if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
 		set_buffer_mapped(bh);
-	}
 	bh->b_blocknr = pbn;
 	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
 	get_bh(bh);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
index e80ef2c0a785..c1f964916489 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/mdt.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static int nilfs_mdt_create_block(struct inode *inode, unsigned long block,
 	if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
 		goto failed_bh;
 
-	bh->b_bdev = sb->s_bdev;
 	err = nilfs_mdt_insert_new_block(inode, block, bh, init_block);
 	if (likely(!err)) {
 		get_bh(bh);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/page.c b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
index 19fdd49603fc..a5b2fcab6d4a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/page.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/page.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct buffer_head *nilfs_grab_buffer(struct inode *inode,
 		put_page(page);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	bh->b_bdev = inode->i_sb->s_bdev;
 	return bh;
 }