diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index dc99b47..42dc83f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 			goto flags_out;
 		}
 		if (IS_SYNC(inode))
-			handle->h_sync = 1;
+			ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 		err = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &iloc);
 		if (err)
 			goto flags_err;