diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
index c991ea5673bca0e205d8d0c02919b3f9f5b84f65..872c878e3b8faaef6600055e11f7dcc19afcde52 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/file.c
@@ -2653,7 +2653,7 @@ int ll_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	if (!err)
 		ptlrpc_req_finished(req);
 
-	if (datasync && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
 		struct ll_file_data *fd = LUSTRE_FPRIVATE(file);
 
 		err = cl_sync_file_range(inode, 0, OBD_OBJECT_EOF,