1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 83cf6415f599..ab418c0f502d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
                         .nr_to_write = 0, /* sys_fsync did this */
                 };
                 ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
-                if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
-                        blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
         }
 out:
+        if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))
+                blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, NULL);
         return ret;
 }