diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index 2880d88dea..b18f128816 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ static int vmdk_L2update(VmdkExtent *extent, VmdkMetaData *m_data,
     offset = cpu_to_le32(offset);
     /* update L2 table */
     BLKDBG_EVENT(extent->file, BLKDBG_L2_UPDATE);
-    if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(extent->file,
+    if (bdrv_pwrite(extent->file,
                 ((int64_t)m_data->l2_offset * 512)
                     + (m_data->l2_index * sizeof(offset)),
                 &offset, sizeof(offset)) < 0) {
@@ -1444,13 +1444,16 @@ static int vmdk_L2update(VmdkExtent *extent, VmdkMetaData *m_data,
     /* update backup L2 table */
     if (extent->l1_backup_table_offset != 0) {
         m_data->l2_offset = extent->l1_backup_table[m_data->l1_index];
-        if (bdrv_pwrite_sync(extent->file,
+        if (bdrv_pwrite(extent->file,
                     ((int64_t)m_data->l2_offset * 512)
                         + (m_data->l2_index * sizeof(offset)),
                     &offset, sizeof(offset)) < 0) {
             return VMDK_ERROR;
         }
     }
+    if (bdrv_flush(extent->file->bs) < 0) {
+        return VMDK_ERROR;
+    }
     if (m_data->l2_cache_entry) {
         *m_data->l2_cache_entry = offset;
     }