diff --git a/fs/exofs/exofs.h b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
index c413b74ecf3..5ec72e020b2 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/exofs.h
+++ b/fs/exofs/exofs.h
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ ino_t exofs_parent_ino(struct dentry *child);
 int exofs_set_link(struct inode *, struct exofs_dir_entry *, struct page *,
 		    struct inode *);
 
+/* super.c               */
+int exofs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
+
 /*********************
  * operation vectors *
  *********************/
diff --git a/fs/exofs/file.c b/fs/exofs/file.c
index c6810038d63..839b9dc1e70 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/file.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/file.c
@@ -45,16 +45,23 @@ static int exofs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry,
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct address_space *mapping = filp->f_mapping;
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	struct super_block *sb;
 
 	ret = filemap_write_and_wait(mapping);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	/*Note: file_fsync below also calles sync_blockdev, which is a no-op
-	 *      for exofs, but other then that it does sync_inode and
-	 *      sync_superblock which is what we need here.
-	 */
-	return file_fsync(filp, dentry, datasync);
+	/* sync the inode attributes */
+	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 1);
+
+	/* This is a good place to write the sb */
+	/* TODO: Sechedule an sb-sync on create */
+	sb = inode->i_sb;
+	if (sb->s_dirt)
+		exofs_sync_fs(sb, 1);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int exofs_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
diff --git a/fs/exofs/super.c b/fs/exofs/super.c
index e47b38e55a2..a343b4ea62f 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static const struct export_operations exofs_export_ops;
 /*
  * Write the superblock to the OSD
  */
-static int exofs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
+int exofs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	struct exofs_sb_info *sbi;
 	struct exofs_fscb *fscb;