2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 6a857e24f947..efc3539ac5a1 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ static void log_write_header(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u32 flags, int pull)
         if (test_bit(SDF_NOBARRIERS, &sdp->sd_flags))
                 goto skip_barrier;
         get_bh(bh);
-        submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER) | (1 << BIO_RW_META), bh);
+        submit_bh(WRITE_BARRIER | (1 << BIO_RW_META), bh);
         wait_on_buffer(bh);
         if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
                 clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 68ca1b0491af..598878831497 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
  * SWRITE_SYNC
  * SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG     Like WRITE_SYNC/WRITE_SYNC_PLUG, but locks the buffer.
  *                      See SWRITE.
- * WRITE_BARRIER        Like WRITE, but tells the block layer that all
+ * WRITE_BARRIER        Like WRITE_SYNC, but tells the block layer that all
  *                      previously submitted writes must be safely on storage
  *                      before this one is started. Also guarantees that when
  *                      this write is complete, it itself is also safely on
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #define SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG        \
                         (SWRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_NOIDLE))
 #define SWRITE_SYNC     (SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG))
-#define WRITE_BARRIER   (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
+#define WRITE_BARRIER   (WRITE_SYNC | (1 << BIO_RW_BARRIER))
 
 /*
  * These aren't really reads or writes, they pass down information about