diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 5b4a9362d5aa..f60297ba4912 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1364,8 +1364,6 @@ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
-	if (sync)
-		inode_sync_wait(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);