diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
index ecb9ca455fd5..6a9409920dee 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ int __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(const char *where, handle_t *handle,
 			ext4_journal_abort_handle(where, __func__, bh,
 						  handle, err);
 	} else {
-		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+		if (inode && bh)
+			mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, inode);
+		else
+			mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 		if (inode && inode_needs_sync(inode)) {
 			sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 			if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index ab418c0f502d..07475740b512 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
 	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int err, ret = 0;
 
 	J_ASSERT(ext4_journal_current_handle() == NULL);
 
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (!journal)
+		ret = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
+
 	if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -91,7 +94,9 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 			.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
 			.nr_to_write = 0, /* sys_fsync did this */
 		};
-		ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+		err = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			ret = err;
 	}
 out:
 	if (journal && (journal->j_flags & JBD2_BARRIER))