diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 0400a26fc8c50cf8ed86cf86cf49e78ca3601c60..9850a51a3f1900b3065eec1d1cd2bdb14eb509b6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3133,7 +3133,10 @@ static int write_dev_supers(struct btrfs_device *device,
 		 * we fua the first super.  The others we allow
 		 * to go down lazy.
 		 */
-		ret = btrfsic_submit_bh(WRITE_FUA, bh);
+		if (i == 0)
+			ret = btrfsic_submit_bh(WRITE_FUA, bh);
+		else
+			ret = btrfsic_submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 		if (ret)
 			errors++;
 	}