diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index cb20744ec789e1dc83254f3b0912c4b1df12b49f..7d67387496cb3348d81795c694a84cb136d655aa 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ void sync_filesystems(int wait)
 		if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
 			continue;
 		sb->s_need_sync_fs = 1;
-		async_synchronize_full_special(&sb->s_async_list);
 	}
 
 restart:
@@ -471,6 +470,7 @@ void sync_filesystems(int wait)
 		sb->s_count++;
 		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 		down_read(&sb->s_umount);
+		async_synchronize_full_special(&sb->s_async_list);
 		if (sb->s_root && (wait || sb->s_dirt))
 			sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, wait);
 		up_read(&sb->s_umount);