diff --git a/fs/affs/affs.h b/fs/affs/affs.h
index 1a2d5e3c7f4..e511dc621a2 100644
--- a/fs/affs/affs.h
+++ b/fs/affs/affs.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ extern int			 affs_add_entry(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode, struct dent
 
 void		affs_free_prealloc(struct inode *inode);
 extern void	affs_truncate(struct inode *);
+int		affs_file_fsync(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 
 /* dir.c */
 
diff --git a/fs/affs/dir.c b/fs/affs/dir.c
index 7b36904dbea..8ca8f3a5559 100644
--- a/fs/affs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/affs/dir.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const struct file_operations affs_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.readdir	= affs_readdir,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= affs_file_fsync,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/affs/file.c b/fs/affs/file.c
index 9246cb4aa01..184e55c1c9b 100644
--- a/fs/affs/file.c
+++ b/fs/affs/file.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const struct file_operations affs_file_operations = {
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.open		= affs_file_open,
 	.release	= affs_file_release,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= affs_file_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
@@ -915,3 +915,15 @@ affs_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 	affs_free_prealloc(inode);
 }
+
+int affs_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+{
+	struct inode * inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int ret, err;
+
+	ret = write_inode_now(inode, 0);
+	err = sync_blockdev(inode->i_sb->s_bdev);
+	if (!ret)
+		ret = err;
+	return ret;
+}