diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index aeb60f791418d6d6cba59f2dc743e8b8c71d5297..36795eed40b09ee1bbb6766e65019b8d1c6695f0 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_data(struct path *old, struct path *new, loff_t len)
 		len -= bytes;
 	}
 
+	if (!error)
+		error = vfs_fsync(new_file, 0);
 	fput(new_file);
 out_fput:
 	fput(old_file);