diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 5c4a74e04ab4b..09e3de57cdee3 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1950,6 +1950,9 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
 	if (ret < 0)
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 
+	if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
+		handle->h_sync = 1;
+
 	ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
 
 out_inode_unlock: