diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index ce66d2f..8b16a90 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -216,7 +216,10 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, int datasync)
 	    !jbd2_trans_will_send_data_barrier(journal, commit_tid))
 		needs_barrier = true;
 	jbd2_log_start_commit(journal, commit_tid);
+	blk_set_depends_on_task(journal->j_dev->bd_disk->queue,
+				journal->j_task);
 	ret = jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, commit_tid);
+	blk_reset_depends_on_task(journal->j_dev->bd_disk->queue);
 	if (needs_barrier)
 		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
  out: