diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index f7ecc44cbbd3..f01de3c55c43 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1007,25 +1007,20 @@ xfs_bwrite(
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
 {
-	int			iowait = (bp->b_flags & XBF_ASYNC) == 0;
-	int			error = 0;
+	int			error;
 
 	bp->b_strat = xfs_bdstrat_cb;
 	bp->b_mount = mp;
 	bp->b_flags |= XBF_WRITE;
-	if (!iowait)
-		bp->b_flags |= _XBF_RUN_QUEUES;
+	bp->b_flags &= ~(XBF_ASYNC | XBF_READ);
 
 	xfs_buf_delwri_dequeue(bp);
 	xfs_buf_iostrategy(bp);
 
-	if (iowait) {
-		error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
-		if (error)
-			xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
-		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
-	}
-
+	error = xfs_buf_iowait(bp);
+	if (error)
+		xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_META_IO_ERROR);
+	xfs_buf_relse(bp);
 	return error;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
index 728db015f39c..3884e20bc14e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_sync.c
@@ -372,7 +372,6 @@ xfs_sync_fsdata(
 	if (XFS_BUF_ISPINNED(bp))
 		xfs_log_force(mp, 0);
 
-	XFS_BUF_UNASYNC(bp);
 	return xfs_bwrite(mp, bp);
 }