diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index fbc98ee..4ec430a 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@
 
 static void fdatawait_one_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, void *arg)
 {
-	filemap_fdatawait(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+	/*
+	 * We keep the error status of individual mapping so that
+	 * applications can catch the writeback error using fsync(2).
+	 * See filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors() for details.
+	 */
+	filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
 }
 
 /*