diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index 6d4ef208ef65..343a537ab809 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -71,3 +71,12 @@ extern void chroot_fs_refs(struct path *, struct path *);
  * file_table.c
  */
 extern void mark_files_ro(struct super_block *);
+
+/*
+ * super.c
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+extern void sync_blockdevs(void);
+#else
+static inline void sync_blockdevs(void) { }
+#endif
diff --git a/fs/super.c b/fs/super.c
index 3d9f117dd2a3..18d159dc1e40 100644
--- a/fs/super.c
+++ b/fs/super.c
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ void __fsync_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	sync_inodes_sb(sb, 0);
 	vfs_dq_sync(sb);
+	sync_inodes_sb(sb, 1);
 	lock_super(sb);
 	if (sb->s_dirt && sb->s_op->write_super)
 		sb->s_op->write_super(sb);
@@ -300,7 +301,6 @@ void __fsync_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (sb->s_op->sync_fs)
 		sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, 1);
 	sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
-	sync_inodes_sb(sb, 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -522,6 +522,33 @@ void sync_filesystems(int wait)
 	mutex_unlock(&mutex);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+/*
+ *  Sync all block devices underlying some superblock
+ */
+void sync_blockdevs(void)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb;
+
+	spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+restart:
+	list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+		if (!sb->s_bdev)
+			continue;
+		sb->s_count++;
+		spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+		down_read(&sb->s_umount);
+		if (sb->s_root)
+			sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
+		up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+		spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+		if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
+			goto restart;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+}
+#endif
+
 /**
  *	get_super - get the superblock of a device
  *	@bdev: device to get the superblock for
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 7abc65fbf21d..631fd5aece78 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include "internal.h"
 
 #define VALID_FLAGS (SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE| \
 			SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER)
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ static void do_sync(unsigned long wait)
 	wakeup_pdflush(0);
 	sync_inodes(0);		/* All mappings, inodes and their blockdevs */
 	vfs_dq_sync(NULL);
+	sync_inodes(wait);	/* Mappings, inodes and blockdevs, again. */
 	sync_supers();		/* Write the superblocks */
 	sync_filesystems(0);	/* Start syncing the filesystems */
 	sync_filesystems(wait);	/* Waitingly sync the filesystems */
-	sync_inodes(wait);	/* Mappings, inodes and blockdevs, again. */
+	sync_blockdevs();
 	if (!wait)
 		printk("Emergency Sync complete\n");
 	if (unlikely(laptop_mode))