diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index 2c80335..abf2b76 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -1319,6 +1319,7 @@
 	int i;
 #endif
 
+	sync_filesystem(s);
 	reiserfs_write_lock(s);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA