diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 14909cd..a51db9c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4667,7 +4667,8 @@
 	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
 	if (sync) {
-		error = sync_dirty_buffer(sbh);
+		error = __sync_dirty_buffer(sbh,
+			test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? WRITE_FUA : WRITE_SYNC);
 		if (error)
 			return error;