diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index a073f3f4f013..0f51c0f7c266 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 				 * contents - it is a noop if I/O is still in
 				 * flight on potentially older contents.
 				 */
-				ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh);
+				ll_rw_block(SWRITE_SYNC, 1, &bh);
 				brelse(bh);
 				spin_lock(lock);
 			}
@@ -2940,16 +2940,19 @@ void ll_rw_block(int rw, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
 	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
 
-		if (rw == SWRITE)
+		if (rw == SWRITE || rw == SWRITE_SYNC)
 			lock_buffer(bh);
 		else if (test_set_buffer_locked(bh))
 			continue;
 
-		if (rw == WRITE || rw == SWRITE) {
+		if (rw == WRITE || rw == SWRITE || rw == SWRITE_SYNC) {
 			if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 				bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
 				get_bh(bh);
-				submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+				if (rw == SWRITE_SYNC)
+					submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+				else
+					submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
 				continue;
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -2978,7 +2981,7 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-		ret = submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
 			clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7c1080826832..d8e2762ed14d 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ extern int dir_notify_enable;
 #define READ_SYNC	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
 #define READ_META	(READ | (1 << BIO_RW_META))
 #define WRITE_SYNC	(WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
+#define SWRITE_SYNC	(SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
 #define WRITE_BARRIER	((1 << BIO_RW) | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 
 #define SEL_IN		1