diff --git a/fs/ceph/file.c b/fs/ceph/file.c
index 7d4e769f1d3d..63ec830b9306 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/file.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/file.c
@@ -659,7 +659,6 @@ again:
 
 	if ((got & (CEPH_CAP_FILE_CACHE|CEPH_CAP_FILE_LAZYIO)) == 0 ||
 	    (iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) ||
-	    (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) ||
 	    (fi->flags & CEPH_F_SYNC))
 		/* hmm, this isn't really async... */
 		ret = ceph_sync_read(filp, base, len, ppos, &checkeof);
@@ -763,7 +762,6 @@ retry_snap:
 
 	if ((got & (CEPH_CAP_FILE_BUFFER|CEPH_CAP_FILE_LAZYIO)) == 0 ||
 	    (iocb->ki_filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) ||
-	    (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) ||
 	    (fi->flags & CEPH_F_SYNC)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 		written = ceph_sync_write(file, iov->iov_base, count,