diff --git a/fs/ext2/xip.c b/fs/ext2/xip.c
index d44431d1a338cd24e3c054b789fc46b2c219a755..0aa5ac159c0940947925425c06d2a688c0bb05bc 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xip.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xip.c
@@ -15,66 +15,79 @@
 #include "xip.h"
 
 static inline int
-__inode_direct_access(struct inode *inode, sector_t sector, unsigned long *data) {
+__inode_direct_access(struct inode *inode, sector_t sector,
+		      unsigned long *data)
+{
 	BUG_ON(!inode->i_sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops->direct_access);
 	return inode->i_sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops
 		->direct_access(inode->i_sb->s_bdev,sector,data);
 }
 
+static inline int
+__ext2_get_sector(struct inode *inode, sector_t offset, int create,
+		   sector_t *result)
+{
+	struct buffer_head tmp;
+	int rc;
+
+	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(struct buffer_head));
+	rc = ext2_get_block(inode, offset/ (PAGE_SIZE/512), &tmp,
+			    create);
+	*result = tmp.b_blocknr;
+
+	/* did we get a sparse block (hole in the file)? */
+	if (!(*result)) {
+		BUG_ON(create);
+		rc = -ENODATA;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 int
-ext2_clear_xip_target(struct inode *inode, int block) {
-	sector_t sector = block*(PAGE_SIZE/512);
+ext2_clear_xip_target(struct inode *inode, int block)
+{
+	sector_t sector = block * (PAGE_SIZE/512);
 	unsigned long data;
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = __inode_direct_access(inode, sector, &data);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-	clear_page((void*)data);
-	return 0;
+	if (!rc)
+		clear_page((void*)data);
+	return rc;
 }
 
 void ext2_xip_verify_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext2_sb_info *sbi = EXT2_SB(sb);
 
-	if ((sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT2_MOUNT_XIP)) {
-		if ((sb->s_bdev == NULL) ||
-			sb->s_bdev->bd_disk == NULL ||
-			sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops == NULL ||
-			sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops->direct_access == NULL) {
-			sbi->s_mount_opt &= (~EXT2_MOUNT_XIP);
-			ext2_warning(sb, __FUNCTION__,
-				"ignoring xip option - not supported by bdev");
-		}
+	if ((sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT2_MOUNT_XIP) &&
+	    !sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops->direct_access) {
+		sbi->s_mount_opt &= (~EXT2_MOUNT_XIP);
+		ext2_warning(sb, __FUNCTION__,
+			     "ignoring xip option - not supported by bdev");
 	}
 }
 
-struct page*
-ext2_get_xip_page(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t blockno,
+struct page *
+ext2_get_xip_page(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t offset,
 		   int create)
 {
 	int rc;
 	unsigned long data;
-	struct buffer_head tmp;
+	sector_t sector;
 
-	tmp.b_state = 0;
-	tmp.b_blocknr = 0;
-	rc = ext2_get_block(mapping->host, blockno/(PAGE_SIZE/512) , &tmp,
-				create);
+	/* first, retrieve the sector number */
+	rc = __ext2_get_sector(mapping->host, offset, create, &sector);
 	if (rc)
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
-	if (tmp.b_blocknr == 0) {
-		/* SPARSE block */
-		BUG_ON(create);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODATA);
-	}
+		goto error;
 
+	/* retrieve address of the target data */
 	rc = __inode_direct_access
-		(mapping->host,tmp.b_blocknr*(PAGE_SIZE/512) ,&data);
-	if (rc)
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+		(mapping->host, sector * (PAGE_SIZE/512), &data);
+	if (!rc)
+		return virt_to_page(data);
 
-	SetPageUptodate(virt_to_page(data));
-	return virt_to_page(data);
+ error:
+	return ERR_PTR(rc);
 }
diff --git a/mm/filemap_xip.c b/mm/filemap_xip.c
index 4553b2c5aab4e42a519c5450fea6f70e7faae6bd..8c199f537732088310c0e490cebe92c7414076bb 100644
--- a/mm/filemap_xip.c
+++ b/mm/filemap_xip.c
@@ -68,13 +68,12 @@ do_xip_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
 		if (unlikely(IS_ERR(page))) {
 			if (PTR_ERR(page) == -ENODATA) {
 				/* sparse */
-				page = virt_to_page(empty_zero_page);
+				page = ZERO_PAGE(0);
 			} else {
 				desc->error = PTR_ERR(page);
 				goto out;
 			}
-		} else
-			BUG_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
+		}
 
 		/* If users can be writing to this page using arbitrary
 		 * virtual addresses, take care about potential aliasing
@@ -84,8 +83,7 @@ do_xip_mapping_read(struct address_space *mapping,
 			flush_dcache_page(page);
 
 		/*
-		 * Ok, we have the page, and it's up-to-date, so
-		 * now we can copy it to user space...
+		 * Ok, we have the page, so now we can copy it to user space...
 		 *
 		 * The actor routine returns how many bytes were actually used..
 		 * NOTE! This may not be the same as how much of a user buffer
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xip_file_sendfile);
  * xip_write
  *
  * This function walks all vmas of the address_space and unmaps the
- * empty_zero_page when found at pgoff. Should it go in rmap.c?
+ * ZERO_PAGE when found at pgoff. Should it go in rmap.c?
  */
 static void
 __xip_unmap (struct address_space * mapping,
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ __xip_unmap (struct address_space * mapping,
 		 * We need the page_table_lock to protect us from page faults,
 		 * munmap, fork, etc...
 		 */
-		pte = page_check_address(virt_to_page(empty_zero_page), mm,
+		pte = page_check_address(ZERO_PAGE(address), mm,
 					 address);
 		if (!IS_ERR(pte)) {
 			/* Nuke the page table entry. */
@@ -230,7 +228,6 @@ xip_file_nopage(struct vm_area_struct * area,
 
 	page = mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page(mapping, pgoff*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 0);
 	if (!IS_ERR(page)) {
-		BUG_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
 		return page;
 	}
 	if (PTR_ERR(page) != -ENODATA)
@@ -245,12 +242,11 @@ xip_file_nopage(struct vm_area_struct * area,
 			pgoff*(PAGE_SIZE/512), 1);
 		if (IS_ERR(page))
 			return NULL;
-		BUG_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
 		/* unmap page at pgoff from all other vmas */
 		__xip_unmap(mapping, pgoff);
 	} else {
-		/* not shared and writable, use empty_zero_page */
-		page = virt_to_page(empty_zero_page);
+		/* not shared and writable, use ZERO_PAGE() */
+		page = ZERO_PAGE(address);
 	}
 
 	return page;
@@ -319,8 +315,6 @@ __xip_file_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		BUG_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
-
 		copied = filemap_copy_from_user(page, offset, buf, bytes);
 		flush_dcache_page(page);
 		if (likely(copied > 0)) {
@@ -435,8 +429,7 @@ xip_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from)
 			return 0;
 		else
 			return PTR_ERR(page);
-	} else
-		BUG_ON(!PageUptodate(page));
+	}
 	kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
 	memset(kaddr + offset, 0, length);
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);