diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
index e9d41e439aa7..d004a9ddddbc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
@@ -927,10 +927,10 @@ ssize_t pohmelfs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	WARN_ON(ret < 0);
 
-	if (ret > 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
+	if (ret > 0) {
 		ssize_t err;
 
-		err = sync_page_range(inode, mapping, pos, ret);
+		err = generic_write_sync(file, pos, ret);
 		if (err < 0)
 			ret = err;
 		WARN_ON(ret < 0);