diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index 75716d3..a078744 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 	int tag_bytes = journal_tag_bytes(journal);
 	struct buffer_head *cbh = NULL; /* For transactional checksums */
 	__u32 crc32_sum = ~0;
-	int write_op = WRITE;
+	int write_op = WRITE_SYNC;
 
 	/*
 	 * First job: lock down the current transaction and wait for