diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 419d92b3225da..ee02d8b068391 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ static int get_hwpoison_page(struct page *p, unsigned long flags)
 static bool hwpoison_user_mappings(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn,
 				  int flags, struct page **hpagep)
 {
-	enum ttu_flags ttu = TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK;
+	enum ttu_flags ttu = TTU_IGNORE_MLOCK | TTU_SYNC;
 	struct address_space *mapping;
 	LIST_HEAD(tokill);
 	bool unmap_success;