diff --git a/fs/afs/internal.h b/fs/afs/internal.h
index 6ece2a13bf711f..c54dad4e60636a 100644
--- a/fs/afs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/afs/internal.h
@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ extern int afs_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 			struct page *page, void *fsdata);
 extern int afs_writepage(struct page *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern int afs_writepages(struct address_space *, struct writeback_control *);
-extern int afs_write_inode(struct inode *, int);
 extern void afs_pages_written_back(struct afs_vnode *, struct afs_call *);
 extern ssize_t afs_file_write(struct kiocb *, const struct iovec *,
 			      unsigned long, loff_t);
diff --git a/fs/afs/super.c b/fs/afs/super.c
index e1ea1c240b6a2c..14f6431598adfc 100644
--- a/fs/afs/super.c
+++ b/fs/afs/super.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ struct file_system_type afs_fs_type = {
 static const struct super_operations afs_super_ops = {
 	.statfs		= afs_statfs,
 	.alloc_inode	= afs_alloc_inode,
-	.write_inode	= afs_write_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= afs_destroy_inode,
 	.clear_inode	= afs_clear_inode,
 	.put_super	= afs_put_super,
diff --git a/fs/afs/write.c b/fs/afs/write.c
index 5e15a21dbf9f3f..3bed54a294d430 100644
--- a/fs/afs/write.c
+++ b/fs/afs/write.c
@@ -584,27 +584,6 @@ int afs_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/*
- * write an inode back
- */
-int afs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
-{
-	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
-	int ret;
-
-	_enter("{%x:%u},", vnode->fid.vid, vnode->fid.vnode);
-
-	ret = 0;
-	if (sync) {
-		ret = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
-	}
-
-	_leave(" = %d", ret);
-	return ret;
-}
-
 /*
  * completion of write to server
  */
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1a7c42c64ff47e..5f2721b1e4beeb 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -461,15 +461,20 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 
 	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
-	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
-	if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
-		int err = write_inode(inode, wait);
+	/*
+	 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
+	 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
+	 * I/O completion.
+	 */
+	if (wait) {
+		int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}
 
-	if (wait) {
-		int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
+	/* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
+	if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
+		int err = write_inode(inode, wait);
 		if (ret == 0)
 			ret = err;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/inode.c b/fs/nfs/inode.c
index 7570573bdb30dc..5ecd952cae1d55 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/inode.c
@@ -101,12 +101,7 @@ int nfs_write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (sync) {
-		ret = filemap_fdatawait(inode->i_mapping);
-		if (ret == 0)
-			ret = nfs_commit_inode(inode, FLUSH_SYNC);
-	} else
-		ret = nfs_commit_inode(inode, 0);
+	ret = nfs_commit_inode(inode, sync ? FLUSH_SYNC : 0);
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		return 0;
 	__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 25ea2408118fb0..8f117db6070e62 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -1075,10 +1075,6 @@ xfs_fs_write_inode(
 		return XFS_ERROR(EIO);
 
 	if (sync) {
-		error = xfs_wait_on_pages(ip, 0, -1);
-		if (error)
-			goto out;
-
 		/*
 		 * Make sure the inode has hit stable storage.  By using the
 		 * log and the fsync transactions we reduce the IOs we have