diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 922263393c76..faa5078ff751 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -178,17 +178,9 @@ static int nilfs_sync_super(struct nilfs_sb_info *sbi, int flag)
 
  retry:
 	set_buffer_dirty(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
-
 	if (nilfs_test_opt(sbi, BARRIER)) {
 		err = __sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0],
-					  WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_BARRIER);
-		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP) {
-			nilfs_warning(sbi->s_super, __func__,
-				      "barrier-based sync failed. "
-				      "disabling barriers\n");
-			nilfs_clear_opt(sbi, BARRIER);
-			goto retry;
-		}
+					  WRITE_SYNC | WRITE_FLUSH_FUA);
 	} else {
 		err = sync_dirty_buffer(nilfs->ns_sbh[0]);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 4317f177ea7c..400b2caef4d8 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -774,9 +774,7 @@ int nilfs_discard_segments(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, __u64 *segnump,
 			ret = blkdev_issue_discard(nilfs->ns_bdev,
 						   start * sects_per_block,
 						   nblocks * sects_per_block,
-						   GFP_NOFS,
-						   BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT |
-						   BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER);
+						   GFP_NOFS, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 			nblocks = 0;
@@ -786,8 +784,7 @@ int nilfs_discard_segments(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, __u64 *segnump,
 		ret = blkdev_issue_discard(nilfs->ns_bdev,
 					   start * sects_per_block,
 					   nblocks * sects_per_block,
-					   GFP_NOFS,
-					  BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT | BLKDEV_IFL_BARRIER);
+					   GFP_NOFS, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
 	return ret;
 }