diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9a40e0c16dcc770ca2a96493ff49e95914d8e3be..931053cf20d6ae616fa6066bc53ae3883307f703 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4637,7 +4637,7 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
 	if (sync) {
 		unlock_buffer(sbh);
 		error = __sync_dirty_buffer(sbh,
-			test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? REQ_FUA : REQ_SYNC);
+			REQ_SYNC | (test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? REQ_FUA : 0));
 		if (error)
 			return error;