diff --git a/fs/sysv/dir.c b/fs/sysv/dir.c
index 56f655254bfe..c7798079e644 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/dir.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/dir.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static int sysv_readdir(struct file *, void *, filldir_t);
 const struct file_operations sysv_dir_operations = {
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.readdir	= sysv_readdir,
-	.fsync		= sysv_sync_file,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 };
 
 static inline void dir_put_page(struct page *page)
diff --git a/fs/sysv/file.c b/fs/sysv/file.c
index 589be21d884e..96340c01f4a7 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/file.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/file.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const struct file_operations sysv_file_operations = {
 	.write		= do_sync_write,
 	.aio_write	= generic_file_aio_write,
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
-	.fsync		= sysv_sync_file,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
@@ -34,18 +34,3 @@ const struct inode_operations sysv_file_inode_operations = {
 	.truncate	= sysv_truncate,
 	.getattr	= sysv_getattr,
 };
-
-int sysv_sync_file(struct file * file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
-{
-	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
-	int err;
-
-	err = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
-	if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
-		return err;
-	if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
-		return err;
-	
-	err |= sysv_sync_inode(inode);
-	return err ? -EIO : 0;
-}
diff --git a/fs/sysv/inode.c b/fs/sysv/inode.c
index a3f45fc626a1..425c976cfcd2 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/inode.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/inode.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ bad_inode:
 	return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
 }
 
-static struct buffer_head * sysv_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
+int sysv_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int wait)
 {
 	struct super_block * sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct sysv_sb_info * sbi = SYSV_SB(sb);
@@ -255,19 +255,21 @@ static struct buffer_head * sysv_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	struct sysv_inode * raw_inode;
 	struct sysv_inode_info * si;
 	unsigned int ino, block;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	ino = inode->i_ino;
 	if (!ino || ino > sbi->s_ninodes) {
 		printk("Bad inode number on dev %s: %d is out of range\n",
 		       inode->i_sb->s_id, ino);
-		return NULL;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 	raw_inode = sysv_raw_inode(sb, ino, &bh);
 	if (!raw_inode) {
 		printk("unable to read i-node block\n");
-		return NULL;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	lock_kernel();
 	raw_inode->i_mode = cpu_to_fs16(sbi, inode->i_mode);
 	raw_inode->i_uid = cpu_to_fs16(sbi, fs_high2lowuid(inode->i_uid));
 	raw_inode->i_gid = cpu_to_fs16(sbi, fs_high2lowgid(inode->i_gid));
@@ -283,38 +285,23 @@ static struct buffer_head * sysv_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	for (block = 0; block < 10+1+1+1; block++)
 		write3byte(sbi, (u8 *)&si->i_data[block],
 			&raw_inode->i_data[3*block]);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	return bh;
-}
-
-int sysv_write_inode(struct inode * inode, int wait)
-{
-	struct buffer_head *bh;
-	lock_kernel();
-	bh = sysv_update_inode(inode);
-	brelse(bh);
 	unlock_kernel();
+	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	if (wait) {
+                sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+                if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+                        printk ("IO error syncing sysv inode [%s:%08x]\n",
+                                sb->s_id, ino);
+                        err = -EIO;
+                }
+        }
+	brelse(bh);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int sysv_sync_inode(struct inode * inode)
+int sysv_sync_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-        int err = 0;
-        struct buffer_head *bh;
-
-        bh = sysv_update_inode(inode);
-        if (bh && buffer_dirty(bh)) {
-                sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-                if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-                        printk ("IO error syncing sysv inode [%s:%08lx]\n",
-                                inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
-                        err = -1;
-                }
-        }
-        else if (!bh)
-                err = -1;
-        brelse (bh);
-        return err;
+	return sysv_write_inode(inode, 1);
 }
 
 static void sysv_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/fs/sysv/sysv.h b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
index 5784a318c883..53786eb5cf60 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/sysv.h
+++ b/fs/sysv/sysv.h
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ extern int __sysv_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 extern struct inode *sysv_iget(struct super_block *, unsigned int);
 extern int sysv_write_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern int sysv_sync_inode(struct inode *);
-extern int sysv_sync_file(struct file *, struct dentry *, int);
 extern void sysv_set_inode(struct inode *, dev_t);
 extern int sysv_getattr(struct vfsmount *, struct dentry *, struct kstat *);
 extern int sysv_init_icache(void);