diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c
index 6321b797061..6f671f1ac27 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c
@@ -666,6 +666,6 @@ not_empty:
 const struct file_operations ufs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= ufs_readdir,
-	.fsync		= ufs_sync_file,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ufs/file.c b/fs/ufs/file.c
index 2bd3a161571..73655c61240 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ufs/file.c
@@ -24,31 +24,10 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/buffer_head.h>	/* for sync_mapping_buffers() */
 
 #include "ufs_fs.h"
 #include "ufs.h"
 
-
-int ufs_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	int err;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
-	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
-		return ret;
-	if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
-		return ret;
-
-	err = ufs_sync_inode(inode);
-	if (ret == 0)
-		ret = err;
-	return ret;
-}
-
-
 /*
  * We have mostly NULL's here: the current defaults are ok for
  * the ufs filesystem.
@@ -62,6 +41,6 @@ const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations = {
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open           = generic_file_open,
-	.fsync		= ufs_sync_file,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ufs/ufs.h b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
index d0c4acd4f1f..644e77e1359 100644
--- a/fs/ufs/ufs.h
+++ b/fs/ufs/ufs.h
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ extern void ufs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct ufs_dir_entry *de,
 extern const struct inode_operations ufs_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations ufs_file_operations;
 extern const struct address_space_operations ufs_aops;
-extern int ufs_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 /* ialloc.c */
 extern void ufs_free_inode (struct inode *inode);