diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index d071e7f23de2..e1fa69b341b9 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int nilfs_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t blkoff,
 			nilfs_transaction_abort(inode->i_sb);
 			goto out;
 		}
-		nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		nilfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
 		nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb); /* never fails */
 		/* Error handling should be detailed */
 		set_buffer_new(bh_result);
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ void nilfs_write_inode_common(struct inode *inode,
 	   for substitutions of appended fields */
 }
 
-void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *ibh)
+void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *ibh, int flags)
 {
 	ino_t ino = inode->i_ino;
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
@@ -683,7 +683,8 @@ void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *ibh)
 
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(NILFS_I_NEW, &ii->i_state))
 		memset(raw_inode, 0, NILFS_MDT(ifile)->mi_entry_size);
-	set_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY, &ii->i_state);
+	if (flags & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
+		set_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC, &ii->i_state);
 
 	nilfs_write_inode_common(inode, raw_inode, 0);
 		/* XXX: call with has_bmap = 0 is a workaround to avoid
@@ -939,7 +940,7 @@ int nilfs_set_file_dirty(struct inode *inode, unsigned nr_dirty)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
+int __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 {
 	struct buffer_head *ibh;
 	int err;
@@ -950,7 +951,7 @@ int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
 			      "failed to reget inode block.\n");
 		return err;
 	}
-	nilfs_update_inode(inode, ibh);
+	nilfs_update_inode(inode, ibh, flags);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(ibh);
 	nilfs_mdt_mark_dirty(NILFS_I(inode)->i_root->ifile);
 	brelse(ibh);
@@ -983,7 +984,7 @@ void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		return;
 	}
 	nilfs_transaction_begin(inode->i_sb, &ti, 0);
-	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+	__nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode, flags);
 	nilfs_transaction_commit(inode->i_sb); /* never fails */
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
index 0696161bf59d..91093cd74f0d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ enum {
 					   constructor */
 	NILFS_I_COLLECTED,		/* All dirty blocks are collected */
 	NILFS_I_UPDATED,		/* The file has been written back */
-	NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY,		/* write_inode is requested */
+	NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC,		/* dsync is not allowed for inode */
 	NILFS_I_BMAP,			/* has bmap and btnode_cache */
 	NILFS_I_GCINODE,		/* inode for GC, on memory only */
 };
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ struct inode *nilfs_iget(struct super_block *sb, struct nilfs_root *root,
 			 unsigned long ino);
 extern struct inode *nilfs_iget_for_gc(struct super_block *sb,
 				       unsigned long ino, __u64 cno);
-extern void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *);
+extern void nilfs_update_inode(struct inode *, struct buffer_head *, int);
 extern void nilfs_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int nilfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
@@ -282,10 +282,18 @@ int nilfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask);
 int nilfs_load_inode_block(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head **pbh);
 extern int nilfs_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
 int nilfs_set_file_dirty(struct inode *inode, unsigned nr_dirty);
-extern int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *);
+extern int __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *, int);
 extern void nilfs_dirty_inode(struct inode *, int flags);
 int nilfs_fiemap(struct inode *inode, struct fiemap_extent_info *fieinfo,
 		 __u64 start, __u64 len);
+static inline int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY);
+}
+static inline int nilfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return __nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
+}
 
 /* super.c */
 extern struct inode *nilfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 0b7d2cad0426..7ef18fc656c2 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static void nilfs_drop_collected_inodes(struct list_head *head)
 		if (!test_and_clear_bit(NILFS_I_COLLECTED, &ii->i_state))
 			continue;
 
-		clear_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY, &ii->i_state);
+		clear_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC, &ii->i_state);
 		set_bit(NILFS_I_UPDATED, &ii->i_state);
 	}
 }
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ int nilfs_construct_dsync_segment(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *inode,
 	nilfs_transaction_lock(sb, &ti, 0);
 
 	ii = NILFS_I(inode);
-	if (test_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_DIRTY, &ii->i_state) ||
+	if (test_bit(NILFS_I_INODE_SYNC, &ii->i_state) ||
 	    nilfs_test_opt(nilfs, STRICT_ORDER) ||
 	    test_bit(NILFS_SC_UNCLOSED, &sci->sc_flags) ||
 	    nilfs_discontinued(nilfs)) {