diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index 09ef9a878ef06335393cbc4509f38425a5465713..cf0e63dd97da9bf09a88bf364cba87956cea4f42 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int _drbd_md_sync_page_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev,
 	md_io.error = 0;
 
 	if ((rw & WRITE) && !test_bit(MD_NO_FUA, &mdev->flags))
-		rw |= REQ_FUA;
+		rw |= REQ_FUA | REQ_FLUSH;
 	rw |= REQ_SYNC;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, 1);