diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f0986a1ee303c5778551fcb8f29a13aa656610ab..371ba6dda9de71ef5b00359be3bd4f1d67f028f7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static struct ratelimit_state ext4_mount_msg_ratelimit;
 static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *, struct ext4_super_block *,
 			     unsigned long journal_devnum);
 static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root);
-static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync);
+static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb);
 static int ext4_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block *sb,
 					struct ext4_super_block *es);
 static int ext4_clear_journal_err(struct super_block *sb,
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ static void save_error_info(struct super_block *sb, int error,
 {
 	__save_error_info(sb, error, ino, block, func, line);
 	if (!bdev_read_only(sb->s_bdev))
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+		ext4_commit_super(sb);
 }
 
 /* Deal with the reporting of failure conditions on a filesystem such as
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static void flush_stashed_error_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = container_of(work, struct ext4_sb_info,
 						s_error_work);
 
-	ext4_commit_super(sbi->s_sb, 1);
+	ext4_commit_super(sbi->s_sb);
 }
 
 #define ext4_error_ratelimit(sb)					\
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ static void ext4_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 		es->s_state = cpu_to_le16(sbi->s_mount_state);
 	}
 	if (!sb_rdonly(sb))
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+		ext4_commit_super(sb);
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	group_desc = rcu_dereference(sbi->s_group_desc);
@@ -2347,7 +2347,7 @@ static int ext4_setup_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext4_super_block *es,
 	if (sbi->s_journal)
 		ext4_set_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
 
-	err = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+	err = ext4_commit_super(sb);
 done:
 	if (test_opt(sb, DEBUG))
 		printk(KERN_INFO "[EXT4 FS bs=%lu, gc=%u, "
@@ -4471,7 +4471,7 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (DUMMY_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED(sbi) && !sb_rdonly(sb) &&
 	    !ext4_has_feature_encrypt(sb)) {
 		ext4_set_feature_encrypt(sb);
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+		ext4_commit_super(sb);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -5013,7 +5013,7 @@ static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *sb,
 		es->s_journal_dev = cpu_to_le32(journal_devnum);
 
 		/* Make sure we flush the recovery flag to disk. */
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+		ext4_commit_super(sb);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -5023,7 +5023,7 @@ static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *sb,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
+static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
@@ -5104,8 +5104,7 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty");
 	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
-	if (sync)
-		lock_buffer(sbh);
+	lock_buffer(sbh);
 	if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh) || !buffer_uptodate(sbh)) {
 		/*
 		 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the
@@ -5121,16 +5120,14 @@ static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, int sync)
 		set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
 	}
 	mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
-	if (sync) {
-		unlock_buffer(sbh);
-		error = __sync_dirty_buffer(sbh,
-			REQ_SYNC | (test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? REQ_FUA : 0));
-		if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
-			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "I/O error while writing "
-			       "superblock");
-			clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
-			set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
-		}
+	unlock_buffer(sbh);
+	error = __sync_dirty_buffer(sbh,
+		REQ_SYNC | (test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? REQ_FUA : 0));
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
+		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "I/O error while writing "
+		       "superblock");
+		clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
+		set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
 	}
 	return error;
 }
@@ -5161,7 +5158,7 @@ static int ext4_mark_recovery_complete(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	if (ext4_has_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb) && sb_rdonly(sb)) {
 		ext4_clear_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+		ext4_commit_super(sb);
 	}
 out:
 	jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(journal);
@@ -5203,7 +5200,7 @@ static int ext4_clear_journal_err(struct super_block *sb,
 
 		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ERROR_FS;
 		es->s_state |= cpu_to_le16(EXT4_ERROR_FS);
-		ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+		ext4_commit_super(sb);
 
 		jbd2_journal_clear_err(journal);
 		jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal);
@@ -5305,7 +5302,7 @@ static int ext4_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
 		ext4_clear_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
 	}
 
-	error = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+	error = ext4_commit_super(sb);
 out:
 	if (journal)
 		/* we rely on upper layer to stop further updates */
@@ -5327,7 +5324,7 @@ static int ext4_unfreeze(struct super_block *sb)
 		ext4_set_feature_journal_needs_recovery(sb);
 	}
 
-	ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+	ext4_commit_super(sb);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -5595,7 +5592,7 @@ static int ext4_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	}
 
 	if (sbi->s_journal == NULL && !(old_sb_flags & SB_RDONLY)) {
-		err = ext4_commit_super(sb, 1);
+		err = ext4_commit_super(sb);
 		if (err)
 			goto restore_opts;
 	}