diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index be3ad7ce86d2..45e1c314369e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -943,9 +943,6 @@ static int crypt_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	struct crypt_config *cc = ti->private;
 	struct crypt_io *io;
 
-	if (bio_barrier(bio))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	io = mempool_alloc(cc->io_pool, GFP_NOIO);
 	io->target = ti;
 	io->base_bio = bio;
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index de54b39e6ffe..bfb2ea3037b6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -798,9 +798,6 @@ static int multipath_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	struct mpath_io *mpio;
 	struct multipath *m = (struct multipath *) ti->private;
 
-	if (bio_barrier(bio))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	mpio = mempool_alloc(m->mpio_pool, GFP_NOIO);
 	dm_bio_record(&mpio->details, bio);
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 9227ba4f19db..39556210db55 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -887,9 +887,6 @@ static int snapshot_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	if (!s->valid)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	/* FIXME: should only take write lock if we need
 	 * to copy an exception */
 	down_write(&s->lock);
@@ -1160,9 +1157,6 @@ static int origin_map(struct dm_target *ti, struct bio *bio,
 	struct dm_dev *dev = (struct dm_dev *) ti->private;
 	bio->bi_bdev = dev->bdev;
 
-	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio)))
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
 	/* Only tell snapshots if this is a write */
 	return (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) ? do_origin(dev, bio) : DM_MAPIO_REMAPPED;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 2717a355dc5b..75bd2fd8575e 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -802,6 +802,15 @@ static int dm_request(request_queue_t *q, struct bio *bio)
 	int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
 	struct mapped_device *md = q->queuedata;
 
+	/*
+	 * There is no use in forwarding any barrier request since we can't
+	 * guarantee it is (or can be) handled by the targets correctly.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
+		bio_endio(bio, bio->bi_size, -EOPNOTSUPP);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	down_read(&md->io_lock);
 
 	disk_stat_inc(dm_disk(md), ios[rw]);