3 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hfs/inode.c b/fs/hfs/inode.c
index f2deefdb4066..90c1ccbff8e4 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/inode.c
@@ -646,8 +646,7 @@ static int hfs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end,
         sb = inode->i_sb;
         if (sb->s_dirt) {
                 sb->s_dirt = 0;
-                if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
-                        hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
+                hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
         }
         /* .. finally sync the buffers to disk */
         err = sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
diff --git a/fs/hfs/mdb.c b/fs/hfs/mdb.c
index 7a3224049f30..5fd51a5833ff 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/mdb.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/mdb.c
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ void hfs_mdb_commit(struct super_block *sb)
 {
         struct hfs_mdb *mdb = HFS_SB(sb)->mdb;
 
+        if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+                return;
+
         lock_buffer(HFS_SB(sb)->mdb_bh);
         if (test_and_clear_bit(HFS_FLG_MDB_DIRTY, &HFS_SB(sb)->flags)) {
                 /* These parameters may have been modified, so write them back */
diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index 47e4119a0650..0730135b771e 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ static void hfs_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
         sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
         /* sync everything to the buffers */
-        if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
-                hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
+        hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
 }
 
 static int hfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)