1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index a16d53e5fe9d..ec95a69d17aa 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -42,9 +42,21 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync)
         return 0;
 }
 
+static void do_sync_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+        do_sync(0);
+        kfree(work);
+}
+
 void emergency_sync(void)
 {
-        pdflush_operation(do_sync, 0);
+        struct work_struct *work;
+
+        work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
+        if (work) {
+                INIT_WORK(work, do_sync_work);
+                schedule_work(work);
+        }
 }
 
 /*