diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
index 4fb1a40e68a0..0164c9ca984b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-snap.c
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ struct dm_snapshot {
 	 * for them to be committed.
 	 */
 	struct bio_list bios_queued_during_merge;
+
+	/*
+	 * Flush data after merge.
+	 */
+	struct bio flush_bio;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1121,6 +1126,17 @@ shut:
 
 static void error_bios(struct bio *bio);
 
+static int flush_data(struct dm_snapshot *s)
+{
+	struct bio *flush_bio = &s->flush_bio;
+
+	bio_reset(flush_bio);
+	bio_set_dev(flush_bio, s->origin->bdev);
+	flush_bio->bi_opf = REQ_OP_WRITE | REQ_PREFLUSH;
+
+	return submit_bio_wait(flush_bio);
+}
+
 static void merge_callback(int read_err, unsigned long write_err, void *context)
 {
 	struct dm_snapshot *s = context;
@@ -1134,6 +1150,11 @@ static void merge_callback(int read_err, unsigned long write_err, void *context)
 		goto shut;
 	}
 
+	if (flush_data(s) < 0) {
+		DMERR("Flush after merge failed: shutting down merge");
+		goto shut;
+	}
+
 	if (s->store->type->commit_merge(s->store,
 					 s->num_merging_chunks) < 0) {
 		DMERR("Write error in exception store: shutting down merge");
@@ -1318,6 +1339,7 @@ static int snapshot_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	s->first_merging_chunk = 0;
 	s->num_merging_chunks = 0;
 	bio_list_init(&s->bios_queued_during_merge);
+	bio_init(&s->flush_bio, NULL, 0);
 
 	/* Allocate hash table for COW data */
 	if (init_hash_tables(s)) {
@@ -1504,6 +1526,8 @@ static void snapshot_dtr(struct dm_target *ti)
 
 	dm_exception_store_destroy(s->store);
 
+	bio_uninit(&s->flush_bio);
+
 	dm_put_device(ti, s->cow);
 
 	dm_put_device(ti, s->origin);