diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 2967562..0921d6d 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -75,14 +75,39 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-long do_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync)
+/**
+ * vfs_fsync - perform a fsync or fdatasync on a file
+ * @file:		file to sync
+ * @dentry:		dentry of @file
+ * @data:		only perform a fdatasync operation
+ *
+ * Write back data and metadata for @file to disk.  If @datasync is
+ * set only metadata needed to access modified file data is written.
+ *
+ * In case this function is called from nfsd @file may be %NULL and
+ * only @dentry is set.  This can only happen when the filesystem
+ * implements the export_operations API.
+ */
+int vfs_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
-	int ret;
-	int err;
-	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+	const struct file_operations *fop;
+	struct address_space *mapping;
+	int err, ret;
 
-	if (!file->f_op || !file->f_op->fsync) {
-		/* Why?  We can still call filemap_fdatawrite */
+	/*
+	 * Get mapping and operations from the file in case we have
+	 * as file, or get the default values for them in case we
+	 * don't have a struct file available.  Damn nfsd..
+	 */
+	if (file) {
+		mapping = file->f_mapping;
+		fop = file->f_op;
+	} else {
+		mapping = dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+		fop = dentry->d_inode->i_fop;
+	}
+
+	if (!fop || !fop->fsync) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -94,7 +119,7 @@
 	 * livelocks in fsync_buffers_list().
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
-	err = file->f_op->fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, datasync);
+	err = fop->fsync(file, dentry, datasync);
 	if (!ret)
 		ret = err;
 	mutex_unlock(&mapping->host->i_mutex);
@@ -104,15 +129,16 @@
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fsync);
 
-static long __do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
+static int do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
 {
 	struct file *file;
 	int ret = -EBADF;
 
 	file = fget(fd);
 	if (file) {
-		ret = do_fsync(file, datasync);
+		ret = vfs_fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, datasync);
 		fput(file);
 	}
 	return ret;
@@ -120,12 +146,12 @@
 
 asmlinkage long sys_fsync(unsigned int fd)
 {
-	return __do_fsync(fd, 0);
+	return do_fsync(fd, 0);
 }
 
 asmlinkage long sys_fdatasync(unsigned int fd)
 {
-	return __do_fsync(fd, 1);
+	return do_fsync(fd, 1);
 }
 
 /*