diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 316a19f6b635db..28acc94e0f8109 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -28,14 +28,33 @@ enum mapping_flags {
 	AS_NO_WRITEBACK_TAGS = 5,
 };
 
+/**
+ * mapping_set_error - record a writeback error in the address_space
+ * @mapping - the mapping in which an error should be set
+ * @error - the error to set in the mapping
+ *
+ * When writeback fails in some way, we must record that error so that
+ * userspace can be informed when fsync and the like are called.  We endeavor
+ * to report errors on any file that was open at the time of the error.  Some
+ * internal callers also need to know when writeback errors have occurred.
+ *
+ * When a writeback error occurs, most filesystems will want to call
+ * mapping_set_error to record the error in the mapping so that it can be
+ * reported when the application calls fsync(2).
+ */
 static inline void mapping_set_error(struct address_space *mapping, int error)
 {
-	if (unlikely(error)) {
-		if (error == -ENOSPC)
-			set_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags);
-		else
-			set_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags);
-	}
+	if (likely(!error))
+		return;
+
+	/* Record in wb_err for checkers using errseq_t based tracking */
+	filemap_set_wb_err(mapping, error);
+
+	/* Record it in flags for now, for legacy callers */
+	if (error == -ENOSPC)
+		set_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags);
+	else
+		set_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags);
 }
 
 static inline void mapping_set_unevictable(struct address_space *mapping)