diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 90a110f..801fe7f 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
  * This is needed for the following functions:
  *  - inode_has_buffers
  *  - invalidate_inode_buffers
- *  - fsync_bdev
  *  - invalidate_bdev
  *
  * FIXME: remove all knowledge of the buffer layer from this file
@@ -332,14 +331,6 @@
 	return busy;
 }
 
-/*
- * This is a two-stage process. First we collect all
- * offending inodes onto the throw-away list, and in
- * the second stage we actually dispose of them. This
- * is because we don't want to sleep while messing
- * with the global lists..
- */
- 
 /**
  *	invalidate_inodes	- discard the inodes on a device
  *	@sb: superblock
@@ -366,16 +357,11 @@
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_inodes);
  
-int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev, int do_sync)
+int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	struct super_block *sb;
-	int res;
+	struct super_block *sb = get_super(bdev);
+	int res = 0;
 
-	if (do_sync)
-		fsync_bdev(bdev);
-
-	res = 0;
-	sb = get_super(bdev);
 	if (sb) {
 		/*
 		 * no need to lock the super, get_super holds the
@@ -390,7 +376,6 @@
 	invalidate_bdev(bdev, 0);
 	return res;
 }
-
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__invalidate_device);
 
 static int can_unuse(struct inode *inode)