diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 9cf4b926f8e47a509f0994ad0e696d79205335bb..dde91e7e1c3accdd28a1c362f8c4aa5991ecf0c2 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -405,7 +405,17 @@ static loff_t block_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
  
 static int block_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
-	return sync_blockdev(I_BDEV(filp->f_mapping->host));
+	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(filp->f_mapping->host);
+	int error;
+
+	error = sync_blockdev(bdev);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+	
+	error = blkdev_issue_flush(bdev, NULL);
+	if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+		error = 0;
+	return error;
 }
 
 /*