diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 43afaa5d6901..6e35762b6169 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -3010,7 +3010,7 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 	if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
 		get_bh(bh);
 		bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-		ret = submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+		ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
 			clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);