diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index dc6702c2c4b6..73466bda12a7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -197,7 +197,9 @@ static const char *read_super(struct cache_sb *sb, struct block_device *bdev,
 static void write_bdev_super_endio(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	struct cached_dev *dc = bio->bi_private;
-	/* XXX: error checking */
+
+	if (bio->bi_status)
+		bch_count_backing_io_errors(dc, bio);
 
 	closure_put(&dc->sb_write);
 }