diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 5e0faf4..8d90ada 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -3153,7 +3153,8 @@ int ext3_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
 		return 0;
-
+	if (wbc->for_sync_fs)
+		return 0;
 	return ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 4b8debe..8d627e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5416,7 +5416,9 @@ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 		if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
 			return 0;
-
+		/* Caller is responsible to call ->sync_fs() after writeback */
+		if (wbc->for_sync_fs)
+			return 0;
 		err = ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
 	} else {
 		struct ext4_iloc iloc;
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 81e086d..4f50067 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct wb_writeback_work {
 	unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
 	unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
 	unsigned int for_background:1;
+	unsigned int for_sync_fs:1;
 
 	struct list_head list;		/* pending work list */
 	struct completion *done;	/* set if the caller waits */
@@ -600,6 +601,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		.older_than_this	= NULL,
 		.for_kupdate		= work->for_kupdate,
 		.for_background		= work->for_background,
+		.for_sync_fs		= work->for_sync_fs,
 		.range_cyclic		= work->range_cyclic,
 	};
 	unsigned long oldest_jif;
@@ -1124,6 +1126,7 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 		.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_ALL,
 		.nr_pages	= LONG_MAX,
 		.range_cyclic	= 0,
+		.for_sync_fs	= 1,
 		.done		= &done,
 	};
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
index caa7583..244bf0e 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
@@ -1638,7 +1638,8 @@ int reiserfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	 ** inode needs to reach disk for safety, and they can safely be
 	 ** ignored because the altered inode has already been logged.
 	 */
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && !(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC)) {
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && !(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) &&
+		!wbc->for_sync_fs) {
 		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 		if (!journal_begin(&th, inode->i_sb, jbegin_count)) {
 			reiserfs_update_sd(&th, inode);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 72a5d64..a2f7c57 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	unsigned for_kupdate:1;		/* A kupdate writeback */
 	unsigned for_background:1;	/* A background writeback */
 	unsigned for_reclaim:1;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
+	unsigned for_sync_fs:1;		/* Invoked from sync_filesystem*/
 	unsigned range_cyclic:1;	/* range_start is cyclic */
 	unsigned more_io:1;		/* more io to be dispatched */
 };