diff --git a/fs/bfs/dir.c b/fs/bfs/dir.c
index 4dd1b623f93..54bd07d44e6 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/dir.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int bfs_readdir(struct file *f, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 const struct file_operations bfs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= bfs_readdir,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static int bfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 		inode->i_nlink = 1;
 	}
 	de->ino = 0;
-	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, dir);
 	dir->i_ctime = dir->i_mtime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	inode->i_ctime = dir->i_ctime;
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int bfs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 		inode_dec_link_count(new_inode);
 	}
-	mark_buffer_dirty(old_bh);
+	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(old_bh, old_dir);
 	error = 0;
 
 end_rename:
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int bfs_add_entry(struct inode *dir, const unsigned char *name,
 				for (i = 0; i < BFS_NAMELEN; i++)
 					de->name[i] =
 						(i < namelen) ? name[i] : 0;
-				mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+				mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, dir);
 				brelse(bh);
 				return 0;
 			}
diff --git a/fs/bfs/inode.c b/fs/bfs/inode.c
index 3a9a1361fdc..d1d9d908837 100644
--- a/fs/bfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/bfs/inode.c
@@ -98,14 +98,15 @@ error:
 	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 }
 
-static int bfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int unused)
+static int bfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 {
+	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
 	unsigned int ino = (u16)inode->i_ino;
         unsigned long i_sblock;
 	struct bfs_inode *di;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	int block, off;
-	struct bfs_sb_info *info = BFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+	int err = 0;
 
         dprintf("ino=%08x\n", ino);
 
@@ -146,9 +147,14 @@ static int bfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int unused)
 	di->i_eoffset = cpu_to_le32(i_sblock * BFS_BSIZE + inode->i_size - 1);
 
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	if (wait) {
+		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+		if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
+			err = -EIO;
+	}
 	brelse(bh);
 	mutex_unlock(&info->bfs_lock);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void bfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)