diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 533699c..40ad210 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,7 @@
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME_SEC;
 	if (inode_needs_sync(inode)) {
 		sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
-		ext2_sync_inode (inode);
+		sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
 	} else {
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	}
@@ -1523,15 +1523,6 @@
 	return __ext2_write_inode(inode, wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL);
 }
 
-int ext2_sync_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct writeback_control wbc = {
-		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
-		.nr_to_write = 0,	/* sys_fsync did this */
-	};
-	return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
-}
-
 int ext2_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;