diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 9a0fc400f91c..2999d72153b7 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -95,10 +95,13 @@ static int ext2_commit_chunk(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len)
 		mark_inode_dirty(dir);
 	}
 
-	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
+	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) {
 		err = write_one_page(page, 1);
-	else
+		if (!err)
+			err = ext2_sync_inode(dir);
+	} else {
 		unlock_page(page);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }