diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index dce7bd2c61ea..d3ab6387c624 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9b6096a65f99a89dfd8328c4e469e7b53b3ae04a
+refs/heads/master: 4ee2491ed8569f370bf4c1a4c046a6efb8032bd2
diff --git a/trunk/fs/buffer.c b/trunk/fs/buffer.c
index 42534f67d71b..2e6b1a387b7e 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/buffer.c
@@ -743,8 +743,10 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 	struct list_head tmp;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	int err = 0, err2;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp);
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
 	spin_lock(lock);
 	while (!list_empty(list)) {
@@ -781,6 +783,10 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 		}
 	}
 
+	spin_unlock(lock);
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+	spin_lock(lock);
+
 	while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
 		bh = BH_ENTRY(tmp.prev);
 		get_bh(bh);