diff --git a/fs/ext3/fsync.c b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
index 8209f266e9ad..26289e8f4163 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int ext3_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	struct ext3_inode_info *ei = EXT3_I(inode);
 	journal_t *journal = EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret, needs_barrier = 0;
 	tid_t commit_tid;
 
 	if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
@@ -70,28 +70,26 @@ int ext3_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 	 *  (they were dirtied by commit).  But that's OK - the blocks are
 	 *  safe in-journal, which is all fsync() needs to ensure.
 	 */
-	if (ext3_should_journal_data(inode)) {
-		ret = ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (ext3_should_journal_data(inode))
+		return ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
 
 	if (datasync)
 		commit_tid = atomic_read(&ei->i_datasync_tid);
 	else
 		commit_tid = atomic_read(&ei->i_sync_tid);
 
-	if (log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid)) {
-		log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, BARRIER) &&
+	    !journal_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal, commit_tid))
+		needs_barrier = 1;
+	log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid);
+	ret = log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid);
 
 	/*
 	 * In case we didn't commit a transaction, we have to flush
 	 * disk caches manually so that data really is on persistent
 	 * storage
 	 */
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, BARRIER))
+	if (needs_barrier)
 		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
-out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 99c71940155a..93d1e47647bd 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ out:
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(journal_commit_will_send_barrier);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(journal_trans_will_send_data_barrier);
 
 /*
  * Log buffer allocation routines: