diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 558543c..d8ef02e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp;
 	int			error = 0;
 	int			log_flushed = 0;
+	xfs_lsn_t		lsn = 0;
 
 	trace_xfs_file_fsync(ip);
 
@@ -214,9 +215,9 @@
 		 */
 		xfs_trans_ijoin(tp, ip);
 		xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-		xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
-		error = _xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0, &log_flushed);
+		error = xfs_trans_commit(tp, 0);
 
+		lsn = ip->i_itemp->ili_last_lsn;
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -227,14 +228,14 @@
 		 * disk yet, the inode will be still be pinned.  If it is,
 		 * force the log.
 		 */
-		if (xfs_ipincount(ip)) {
-			error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp,
-					ip->i_itemp->ili_last_lsn,
-					XFS_LOG_SYNC, &log_flushed);
-		}
+		if (xfs_ipincount(ip))
+			lsn = ip->i_itemp->ili_last_lsn;
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 	}
 
+	if (!error && lsn)
+		error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, lsn, XFS_LOG_SYNC, &log_flushed);
+
 	/*
 	 * If we only have a single device, and the log force about was
 	 * a no-op we might have to flush the data device cache here.
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index efc147f..b64c8c7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -1790,9 +1790,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * xfs_trans_commit
- *
- * Commit the given transaction to the log a/synchronously.
+ * Commit the given transaction to the log.
  *
  * XFS disk error handling mechanism is not based on a typical
  * transaction abort mechanism. Logically after the filesystem
@@ -1804,10 +1802,9 @@
  * Do not reference the transaction structure after this call.
  */
 int
-_xfs_trans_commit(
+xfs_trans_commit(
 	struct xfs_trans	*tp,
-	uint			flags,
-	int			*log_flushed)
+	uint			flags)
 {
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = tp->t_mountp;
 	xfs_lsn_t		commit_lsn = -1;
@@ -1866,7 +1863,7 @@
 	if (sync) {
 		if (!error) {
 			error = _xfs_log_force_lsn(mp, commit_lsn,
-				      XFS_LOG_SYNC, log_flushed);
+				      XFS_LOG_SYNC, NULL);
 		}
 		XFS_STATS_INC(xs_trans_sync);
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index 06a9759..54b0b1c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -487,10 +487,7 @@
 					 struct xfs_efd_log_item *,
 					 xfs_fsblock_t,
 					 xfs_extlen_t);
-int		_xfs_trans_commit(xfs_trans_t *,
-				  uint flags,
-				  int *);
-#define xfs_trans_commit(tp, flags)	_xfs_trans_commit(tp, flags, NULL)
+int		xfs_trans_commit(xfs_trans_t *, uint flags);
 void		xfs_trans_cancel(xfs_trans_t *, int);
 int		xfs_trans_ail_init(struct xfs_mount *);
 void		xfs_trans_ail_destroy(struct xfs_mount *);