diff --git a/fs/ext3/fsync.c b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
index d7e9f74..09b13bb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/fsync.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 	 * storage
 	 */
 	if (needs_barrier)
-		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL,
-				BLKDEV_IFL_WAIT);
+		blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
 	return ret;
 }