diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index ee8e774..a14703e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -466,12 +466,7 @@
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/*
-	 * We ought to call sync for c->ubi but it does not have one. If it had
-	 * it would in turn call mtd->sync, however mtd operations are
-	 * synchronous anyway, so we don't lose any sleep here.
-	 */
-	return err;
+	return ubi_sync(c->vi.ubi_num);
 }
 
 /**