diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index d4946c4c90e..e5f206467e4 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static int minix_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= minix_readdir,
-	.fsync		= minix_sync_file,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 };
 
 static inline void dir_put_page(struct page *page)
diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index 17765f697e5..3eec3e607a8 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@
  *  minix regular file handling primitives
  */
 
-#include <linux/buffer_head.h>		/* for fsync_inode_buffers() */
 #include "minix.h"
 
 /*
  * We have mostly NULLs here: the current defaults are OK for
  * the minix filesystem.
  */
-int minix_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
-
 const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
@@ -22,7 +19,7 @@ const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
-	.fsync		= minix_sync_file,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
@@ -30,18 +27,3 @@ const struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= minix_truncate,
 	.getattr	= minix_getattr,
 };
-
-int minix_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	int err;
-
-	err = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
-	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
-		return err;
-	if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
-		return err;
-	
-	err |= minix_sync_inode(inode);
-	return err ? -EIO : 0;
-}
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index 7eb53970f4b..f91a2369359 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -556,38 +556,25 @@ static struct buffer_head * V2_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	return bh;
 }
 
-static struct buffer_head *minix_update_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	if (INODE_VERSION(inode) == MINIX_V1)
-		return V1_minix_update_inode(inode);
-	else
-		return V2_minix_update_inode(inode);
-}
-
-static int minix_write_inode(struct inode * inode, int wait)
-{
-	brelse(minix_update_inode(inode));
-	return 0;
-}
-
-int minix_sync_inode(struct inode * inode)
+static int minix_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 
-	bh = minix_update_inode(inode);
-	if (bh && buffer_dirty(bh))
-	{
+	if (INODE_VERSION(inode) == MINIX_V1)
+		bh = V1_minix_update_inode(inode);
+	else
+		bh = V2_minix_update_inode(inode);
+	if (!bh)
+		return -EIO;
+	if (wait && buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-		if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
-		{
+		if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 			printk("IO error syncing minix inode [%s:%08lx]\n",
 				inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
-			err = -1;
+			err = -EIO;
 		}
 	}
-	else if (!bh)
-		err = -1;
 	brelse (bh);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/fs/minix/minix.h b/fs/minix/minix.h
index e6a0b193bea..cb7fdd11f9a 100644
--- a/fs/minix/minix.h
+++ b/fs/minix/minix.h
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ extern int __minix_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 extern void V1_minix_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void V2_minix_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void minix_truncate(struct inode *);
-extern int minix_sync_inode(struct inode *);
 extern void minix_set_inode(struct inode *, dev_t);
 extern int V1_minix_get_block(struct inode *, long, struct buffer_head *, int);
 extern int V2_minix_get_block(struct inode *, long, struct buffer_head *, int);
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ extern int minix_empty_dir(struct inode*);
 extern void minix_set_link(struct minix_dir_entry*, struct page*, struct inode*);
 extern struct minix_dir_entry *minix_dotdot(struct inode*, struct page**);
 extern ino_t minix_inode_by_name(struct dentry*);
-extern int minix_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 extern const struct inode_operations minix_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct inode_operations minix_dir_inode_operations;