diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index f2b9a57..9d31e6a 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@
 	int tag_flag;
 	int i;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
+	int write_op = WRITE;
 
 	/*
 	 * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for
@@ -413,13 +414,16 @@
 
 	jbd_debug (3, "JBD: commit phase 2\n");
 
+	if (tid_geq(journal->j_commit_waited, commit_transaction->t_tid))
+		write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
+
 	/*
 	 * Now start flushing things to disk, in the order they appear
 	 * on the transaction lists.  Data blocks go first.
 	 */
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	err = journal_submit_data_buffers(journal, commit_transaction,
-					  WRITE_SYNC);
+					  write_op);
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
 	/*
@@ -478,7 +482,7 @@
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
-	journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction, WRITE_SYNC);
+	journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction, write_op);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we found any dirty or locked buffers, then we should have
@@ -649,7 +653,7 @@
 				clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
 				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
 				bh->b_end_io = journal_end_buffer_io_sync;
-				submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+				submit_bh(write_op, bh);
 			}
 			cond_resched();
 
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 0971e92..2047fd7 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@
 	spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 #endif
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
+	if (!tid_geq(journal->j_commit_waited, tid))
+		journal->j_commit_waited = tid;
 	while (tid_gt(tid, journal->j_commit_sequence)) {
 		jbd_debug(1, "JBD: want %d, j_commit_sequence=%d\n",
 				  tid, journal->j_commit_sequence);
diff --git a/fs/jbd/transaction.c b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
index b2a7e52..febc10d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/transaction.c
@@ -1433,8 +1433,6 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (handle->h_sync)
-		transaction->t_synchronous_commit = 1;
 	current->journal_info = NULL;
 	spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
 	spin_lock(&transaction->t_handle_lock);