diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 09a88bf04579e7ffa2c20d6c31685a043a445857..a304c544571f5d12da3203a73ae8dca7e4b66c91 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #include "xip.h"
 
 static void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb,
-			    struct ext2_super_block *es);
+			    struct ext2_super_block *es, int wait);
 static int ext2_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data);
 static int ext2_statfs (struct dentry * dentry, struct kstatfs * buf);
 static int ext2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void ext2_error (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		sbi->s_mount_state |= EXT2_ERROR_FS;
 		es->s_state |= cpu_to_le16(EXT2_ERROR_FS);
-		ext2_sync_super(sb, es);
+		ext2_sync_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void ext2_put_super (struct super_block * sb)
 		struct ext2_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
-		ext2_sync_super(sb, es);
+		ext2_sync_super(sb, es, 1);
 	}
 	db_count = sbi->s_gdb_count;
 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
@@ -1127,23 +1127,16 @@ static void ext2_clear_super_error(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 }
 
-static void ext2_commit_super (struct super_block * sb,
-			       struct ext2_super_block * es)
-{
-	ext2_clear_super_error(sb);
-	es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());
-	mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-}
-
-static void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_super_block *es)
+static void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_super_block *es,
+			    int wait)
 {
 	ext2_clear_super_error(sb);
 	es->s_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_blocks(sb));
 	es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext2_count_free_inodes(sb));
 	es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds());
 	mark_buffer_dirty(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
-	sync_dirty_buffer(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
+	if (wait)
+		sync_dirty_buffer(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
 	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1166,11 +1159,8 @@ static int ext2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	if (es->s_state & cpu_to_le16(EXT2_VALID_FS)) {
 		ext2_debug("setting valid to 0\n");
 		es->s_state &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT2_VALID_FS);
-		ext2_sync_super(sb, es);
-	} else {
-		ext2_commit_super(sb, es);
 	}
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
+	ext2_sync_super(sb, es, wait);
 	unlock_kernel();
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1268,7 +1258,7 @@ static int ext2_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data)
 		if (!ext2_setup_super (sb, es, 0))
 			sb->s_flags &= ~MS_RDONLY;
 	}
-	ext2_sync_super(sb, es);
+	ext2_sync_super(sb, es, 1);
 	unlock_kernel();
 	return 0;
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