diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index 6986b0059d2..60e2b322db1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -1624,10 +1624,11 @@ int bitmap_create(mddev_t *mddev)
 	bitmap->offset = mddev->bitmap_offset;
 	if (file) {
 		get_file(file);
-		do_sync_mapping_range(file->f_mapping, 0, LLONG_MAX,
-				      SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE |
-				      SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE |
-				      SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER);
+		/* As future accesses to this file will use bmap,
+		 * and bypass the page cache, we must sync the file
+		 * first.
+		 */
+		vfs_fsync(file, file->f_dentry, 1);
 	}
 	/* read superblock from bitmap file (this sets bitmap->chunksize) */
 	err = bitmap_read_sb(bitmap);