diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 18844fa0213f..b2cab951e1d4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d0646f7b636d067d715fab52a2ba9c6f0f46b0d7
+refs/heads/master: 5f3481e9a80c240f169b36ea886e2325b9aeb745
diff --git a/trunk/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/trunk/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 83cf6415f599..ab418c0f502d 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 			.nr_to_write = 0, /* sys_fsync did this */
 		};
 		ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
-		if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
-			blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
 	}
 out:
+	if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
 	return ret;
 }