diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
index 80545ec54121..59eb1cb7037a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-thin-metadata.c
@@ -1750,13 +1750,15 @@ int dm_thin_remove_range(struct dm_thin_device *td,
 
 int dm_pool_block_is_shared(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd, dm_block_t b, bool *result)
 {
-	int r;
+	int r = -EINVAL;
 	uint32_t ref_count;
 
 	down_read(&pmd->root_lock);
-	r = dm_sm_get_count(pmd->data_sm, b, &ref_count);
-	if (!r)
-		*result = (ref_count > 1);
+	if (!pmd->fail_io) {
+		r = dm_sm_get_count(pmd->data_sm, b, &ref_count);
+		if (!r)
+			*result = (ref_count > 1);
+	}
 	up_read(&pmd->root_lock);
 
 	return r;
@@ -1764,10 +1766,11 @@ int dm_pool_block_is_shared(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd, dm_block_t b, bool *re
 
 int dm_pool_inc_data_range(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd, dm_block_t b, dm_block_t e)
 {
-	int r = 0;
+	int r = -EINVAL;
 
 	pmd_write_lock(pmd);
-	r = dm_sm_inc_blocks(pmd->data_sm, b, e);
+	if (!pmd->fail_io)
+		r = dm_sm_inc_blocks(pmd->data_sm, b, e);
 	pmd_write_unlock(pmd);
 
 	return r;
@@ -1775,10 +1778,11 @@ int dm_pool_inc_data_range(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd, dm_block_t b, dm_block_
 
 int dm_pool_dec_data_range(struct dm_pool_metadata *pmd, dm_block_t b, dm_block_t e)
 {
-	int r = 0;
+	int r = -EINVAL;
 
 	pmd_write_lock(pmd);
-	r = dm_sm_dec_blocks(pmd->data_sm, b, e);
+	if (!pmd->fail_io)
+		r = dm_sm_dec_blocks(pmd->data_sm, b, e);
 	pmd_write_unlock(pmd);
 
 	return r;