diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 1499531bc151..f18c6d97932e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -3636,11 +3636,23 @@ static void btrfs_end_empty_barrier(struct bio *bio)
  */
 static void write_dev_flush(struct btrfs_device *device)
 {
-	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(device->bdev);
 	struct bio *bio = device->flush_bio;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_BTRFS_FS_CHECK_INTEGRITY
+	/*
+	 * When a disk has write caching disabled, we skip submission of a bio
+	 * with flush and sync requests before writing the superblock, since
+	 * it's not needed. However when the integrity checker is enabled, this
+	 * results in reports that there are metadata blocks referred by a
+	 * superblock that were not properly flushed. So don't skip the bio
+	 * submission only when the integrity checker is enabled for the sake
+	 * of simplicity, since this is a debug tool and not meant for use in
+	 * non-debug builds.
+	 */
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(device->bdev);
 	if (!test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_WC, &q->queue_flags))
 		return;
+#endif
 
 	bio_reset(bio);
 	bio->bi_end_io = btrfs_end_empty_barrier;