diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 4ecf88fb69a81e39e00e54e97e1c249bd30a848e..ddf5c21cffbc1698620a8c07ee648e82f31aa49c 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -3210,7 +3210,12 @@ int ext3_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
+	/*
+	 * No need to force transaction in WB_SYNC_NONE mode. Also
+	 * ext3_sync_fs() will force the commit after everything is
+	 * written.
+	 */
+	if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync)
 		return 0;
 
 	return ext3_force_commit(inode->i_sb);