diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index d6049e4..1d73a50 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -67,8 +67,12 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (!journal)
-		return simple_fsync(file, dentry, datasync);
+	if (!journal) {
+		ret = simple_fsync(file, dentry, datasync);
+		if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, BARRIER))
+			blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * data=writeback,ordered: