diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 25eb214f56ac..c917e3117842 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -9878,7 +9878,7 @@ static int start_delalloc_inodes(struct btrfs_root *root,
 			btrfs_queue_work(root->fs_info->flush_workers,
 					 &work->work);
 		} else {
-			ret = sync_inode(inode, wbc);
+			ret = filemap_fdatawrite_wbc(inode->i_mapping, wbc);
 			btrfs_add_delayed_iput(inode);
 			if (ret || wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
 				goto out;