diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 931f6b8..fe47f72 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 		sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE;
 		smp_wmb();
 
-		__fsync_super(sb);
+		fsync_super(sb);
 
 		sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS;
 		smp_wmb();
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index fae91ba..8dbe1ea 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
  * device.  Takes the superblock lock.  Requires a second blkdev
  * flush by the caller to complete the operation.
  */
-void __fsync_super(struct super_block *sb)
+static int __fsync_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	sync_inodes_sb(sb, 0);
 	vfs_dq_sync(sb);
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
 	unlock_super(sb);
 	if (sb->s_op->sync_fs)
 		sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, 1);
-	sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
+	return sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -310,8 +310,7 @@
  */
 int fsync_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	__fsync_super(sb);
-	return sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
+	return __fsync_super(sb);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsync_super);