diff --git a/fs/exofs/file.c b/fs/exofs/file.c
index b905c79b4f0afc88b7a1997009960f09f50f595f..4c0d6bac91433f43c42b5dfd675abf8f18c257e0 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/file.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/file.c
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ static int exofs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, int datasync)
 	struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
 	struct super_block *sb;
 
-	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
-		return 0;
-	if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
-		return 0;
-
 	ret = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
 
 	/* This is a good place to write the sb */
diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c
index c8f58a96e5978ed4d332cfa474948c8808180510..fb9d380561037040b40052d24be3364210ebf934 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c
@@ -1290,7 +1290,8 @@ static int exofs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, int do_sync)
 
 int exofs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-	return exofs_update_inode(inode, wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL);
+	/* FIXME: fix fsync and use wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL */
+	return exofs_update_inode(inode, 1);
 }
 
 /*