1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
index f56d30e8040c..cec89dd5d7d2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_fsops.c
@@ -612,12 +612,13 @@ out:
  *
  * We cannot use an inode here for this - that will push dirty state back up
  * into the VFS and then periodic inode flushing will prevent log covering from
- * making progress. Hence we log a field in the superblock instead.
+ * making progress. Hence we log a field in the superblock instead and use a
+ * synchronous transaction to ensure the superblock is immediately unpinned
+ * and can be written back.
  */
 int
 xfs_fs_log_dummy(
-        xfs_mount_t     *mp,
-        int             flags)
+        xfs_mount_t     *mp)
 {
         xfs_trans_t     *tp;
         int             error;
@@ -632,8 +633,7 @@ xfs_fs_log_dummy(
 
         /* log the UUID because it is an unchanging field */
         xfs_mod_sb(tp, XFS_SB_UUID);
-        if (flags & SYNC_WAIT)
-                xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
+        xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
         return xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 }