1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 1f42f772865a..6ccf7262d1b7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -214,7 +214,8 @@ int cifs_posix_open(char *full_path, struct inode **pinode,
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_EXCL;
         if (oflags & O_TRUNC)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_TRUNC;
-        if (oflags & O_SYNC)
+        /* be safe and imply O_SYNC for O_DSYNC */
+        if (oflags & O_DSYNC)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_SYNC;
         if (oflags & O_DIRECTORY)
                 posix_flags |= SMB_O_DIRECTORY;