1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
index 48ec1c0b23ce..207553e82954 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
@@ -866,10 +866,14 @@ xfs_inode_item_push(
                iip->ili_format.ilf_fields != 0);
 
         /*
-         * Write out the inode.  The completion routine ('iflush_done') will
-         * pull it from the AIL, mark it clean, unlock the flush lock.
+         * Push the inode to it's backing buffer. This will not remove the
+         * inode from the AIL - a further push will be required to trigger a
+         * buffer push. However, this allows all the dirty inodes to be pushed
+         * to the buffer before it is pushed to disk. THe buffer IO completion
+         * will pull th einode from the AIL, mark it clean and unlock the flush
+         * lock.
          */
-        (void) xfs_iflush(ip, XFS_IFLUSH_ASYNC);
+        (void) xfs_iflush(ip, 0);
         xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 
         return;