diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index fb9b4e9d82b23c4929f5d9ad7a6d013919e66951..ebe5f423f8f2c6358cc104f57ca645561257021c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1007,6 +1007,13 @@ static int ext4_fc_perform_commit(journal_t *journal)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * If file system device is different from journal device, issue a cache
+	 * flush before we start writing fast commit blocks.
+	 */
+	if (journal->j_fs_dev != journal->j_dev)
+		blkdev_issue_flush(journal->j_fs_dev, GFP_NOFS);
+
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	if (sbi->s_fc_bytes == 0) {
 		/*