diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index 24978153c0c4daefd04f2853576db34aa3e8e0fe..e9e3325f29f30cbe0c01c4433441803ff097df58 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
 	nilfs = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	if (!err && nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, BARRIER)) {
-		err = blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-		if (err != -EIO)
-			err = 0;
-	}
+	if (!err)
+		err = nilfs_flush_device(nilfs);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index 422fb54b73771f04690e16726f9a85a74c4febfd..9a20e513d7eb89ee21228e6af0a723996c4150a5 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -1022,11 +1022,9 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_sync(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
 		return ret;
 
 	nilfs = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
-	if (nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, BARRIER)) {
-		ret = blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-		if (ret == -EIO)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	ret = nilfs_flush_device(nilfs);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (argp != NULL) {
 		down_read(&nilfs->ns_segctor_sem);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index a1a191634abc1729f94a443ab4eac4cdddaaf54c..0b7d2cad042657c09b7c84bb42b177e2b585fc7a 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1833,6 +1833,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_complete_write(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	nilfs_set_next_segment(nilfs, segbuf);
 
 	if (update_sr) {
+		nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 0;
 		nilfs_set_last_segment(nilfs, segbuf->sb_pseg_start,
 				       segbuf->sb_sum.seg_seq, nilfs->ns_cno++);
 
@@ -2216,6 +2217,8 @@ int nilfs_construct_dsync_segment(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	sci->sc_dsync_end = end;
 
 	err = nilfs_segctor_do_construct(sci, SC_LSEG_DSYNC);
+	if (!err)
+		nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 0;
 
 	nilfs_transaction_unlock(sb);
 	return err;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 228f5bdf07721dabae68349461eb1f24f99a2f33..2e5b3ec85b8f62c967e785697449c773fe0e1337 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ int nilfs_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int flag)
 					    nilfs->ns_sbsize));
 	}
 	clear_nilfs_sb_dirty(nilfs);
+	nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 1;
+	/* make sure store to ns_flushed_device cannot be reordered */
+	smp_wmb();
 	return nilfs_sync_super(sb, flag);
 }
 
@@ -514,6 +517,9 @@ static int nilfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	}
 	up_write(&nilfs->ns_sem);
 
+	if (!err)
+		err = nilfs_flush_device(nilfs);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
index d01ead1bea9a738a5268908fe321eed19af3cc07..23778d385836f56c9cad3be7aa3cdaca2e7c1e69 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum {
 /**
  * struct the_nilfs - struct to supervise multiple nilfs mount points
  * @ns_flags: flags
+ * @ns_flushed_device: flag indicating if all volatile data was flushed
  * @ns_bdev: block device
  * @ns_sem: semaphore for shared states
  * @ns_snapshot_mount_mutex: mutex to protect snapshot mounts
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ enum {
  */
 struct the_nilfs {
 	unsigned long		ns_flags;
+	int			ns_flushed_device;
 
 	struct block_device    *ns_bdev;
 	struct rw_semaphore	ns_sem;
@@ -371,4 +373,24 @@ static inline int nilfs_segment_is_active(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, __u64 n)
 	return n == nilfs->ns_segnum || n == nilfs->ns_nextnum;
 }
 
+static inline int nilfs_flush_device(struct the_nilfs *nilfs)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	if (!nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, BARRIER) || nilfs->ns_flushed_device)
+		return 0;
+
+	nilfs->ns_flushed_device = 1;
+	/*
+	 * the store to ns_flushed_device must not be reordered after
+	 * blkdev_issue_flush().
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+
+	err = blkdev_issue_flush(nilfs->ns_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+	if (err != -EIO)
+		err = 0;
+	return err;
+}
+
 #endif /* _THE_NILFS_H */