diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6f956b28f8b7..946237b1d6d6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a15ba91361d46b4cc71d76d5712fb6420b517d8a
+refs/heads/master: a496872212e50a7e543a027faf35b0909459ec9e
diff --git a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 63245a56aca3..f4b8f96a9430 100755
--- a/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/trunk/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -1147,6 +1147,9 @@ sub doprint {
 sub reboot {
     my ($time) = @_;
 
+    # Make sure everything has been written to disk
+    run_ssh("sync");
+
     if (defined($time)) {
 	start_monitor;
 	# flush out current monitor