diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index b072e17479aa..795d754327a7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1868,6 +1868,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	struct btrfs_log_ctx ctx;
 	int ret = 0;
 	bool full_sync = 0;
+	const u64 len = end - start + 1;
 
 	trace_btrfs_sync_file(file, datasync);
 
@@ -1896,7 +1897,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 		 * all extents are persisted and the respective file extent
 		 * items are in the fs/subvol btree.
 		 */
-		ret = btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode, start, end - start + 1);
+		ret = btrfs_wait_ordered_range(inode, start, len);
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * Start any new ordered operations before starting to log the
@@ -1968,8 +1969,10 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	 */
 	smp_mb();
 	if (btrfs_inode_in_log(inode, root->fs_info->generation) ||
-	    (full_sync && BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans <=
-	     root->fs_info->last_trans_committed)) {
+	    (BTRFS_I(inode)->last_trans <=
+	     root->fs_info->last_trans_committed &&
+	     (full_sync ||
+	      !btrfs_have_ordered_extents_in_range(inode, start, len)))) {
 		/*
 		 * We'v had everything committed since the last time we were
 		 * modified so clear this flag in case it was set for whatever
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
index 47966cb3d4b6..ceccd078c93d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
@@ -837,6 +837,20 @@ out:
 	return entry;
 }
 
+bool btrfs_have_ordered_extents_in_range(struct inode *inode,
+					 u64 file_offset,
+					 u64 len)
+{
+	struct btrfs_ordered_extent *oe;
+
+	oe = btrfs_lookup_ordered_range(inode, file_offset, len);
+	if (oe) {
+		btrfs_put_ordered_extent(oe);
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * lookup and return any extent before 'file_offset'.  NULL is returned
  * if none is found
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
index a82cd7535d3c..7176cc0fe43f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ btrfs_lookup_first_ordered_extent(struct inode * inode, u64 file_offset);
 struct btrfs_ordered_extent *btrfs_lookup_ordered_range(struct inode *inode,
 							u64 file_offset,
 							u64 len);
+bool btrfs_have_ordered_extents_in_range(struct inode *inode,
+					 u64 file_offset,
+					 u64 len);
 int btrfs_ordered_update_i_size(struct inode *inode, u64 offset,
 				struct btrfs_ordered_extent *ordered);
 int btrfs_find_ordered_sum(struct inode *inode, u64 offset, u64 disk_bytenr,