diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index f7114527cd2f82cd51c8145ea2f27f36b5120e35..fba6532efba44d0d7114baa24e358716aeb3c922 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ xfs_growfs_data_private(
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_FDBLOCKS, nfree);
 	if (dpct)
 		xfs_trans_mod_sb(tp, XFS_TRANS_SB_IMAXPCT, dpct);
+	xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
 	error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 	if (error)
 		return error;