diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 2561e95fbdd1d1c208623073e95bac229241a291..9c4ff38e090151e9bac6bd41d257a3b21cfae27a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -729,6 +729,7 @@ xfs_fs_sync_fs(
 	int			wait)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = XFS_M(sb);
+	int			error;
 
 	trace_xfs_fs_sync_fs(mp, __return_address);
 
@@ -738,7 +739,10 @@ xfs_fs_sync_fs(
 	if (!wait)
 		return 0;
 
-	xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+	error = xfs_log_force(mp, XFS_LOG_SYNC);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	if (laptop_mode) {
 		/*
 		 * The disk must be active because we're syncing.