diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index 849f613..4942c94 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@
 
 static int cifs_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 {
+	sync_filesystem(sb);
 	*flags |= MS_NODIRATIME;
 	return 0;
 }