diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 50e8c85..b737451 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 	 */
 	mutex_unlock(&bd_inode->i_mutex);
 
-	error = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL, BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+	error = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		error = 0;