diff --git a/fs/fat/fatent.c b/fs/fat/fatent.c
index 4164cd5..20a2287 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fatent.c
+++ b/fs/fat/fatent.c
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@
 				sbi->prev_free = entry;
 				if (sbi->free_clusters != -1)
 					sbi->free_clusters--;
+				sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
 				cluster[idx_clus] = entry;
 				idx_clus++;
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@
 
 	/* Couldn't allocate the free entries */
 	sbi->free_clusters = 0;
+	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	err = -ENOSPC;
 
 out:
@@ -509,7 +511,6 @@
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++)
 		brelse(bhs[i]);
-	fat_clusters_flush(sb);
 
 	if (err && idx_clus)
 		fat_free_clusters(inode, cluster[0]);
@@ -542,8 +543,10 @@
 		}
 
 		ops->ent_put(&fatent, FAT_ENT_FREE);
-		if (sbi->free_clusters != -1)
+		if (sbi->free_clusters != -1) {
 			sbi->free_clusters++;
+			sb->s_dirt = 1;
+		}
 
 		if (nr_bhs + fatent.nr_bhs > MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE) {
 			if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
@@ -605,6 +608,7 @@
 		} while (fat_ent_next(sbi, &fatent));
 	}
 	sbi->free_clusters = free;
+	sb->s_dirt = 1;
 	fatent_brelse(&fatent);
 out:
 	unlock_fat(sbi);
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index a0f9b9f..8973126 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -374,12 +374,17 @@
 	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
-static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+static void fat_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
+	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
 		fat_clusters_flush(sb);
+}
+
+static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 
 	if (sbi->nls_disk) {
 		unload_nls(sbi->nls_disk);
@@ -546,6 +551,7 @@
 	.write_inode	= fat_write_inode,
 	.delete_inode	= fat_delete_inode,
 	.put_super	= fat_put_super,
+	.write_super	= fat_write_super,
 	.statfs		= fat_statfs,
 	.clear_inode	= fat_clear_inode,
 	.remount_fs	= fat_remount,
diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
index 2a0df21..9b592e3 100644
--- a/fs/fat/misc.c
+++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@
 		if (sbi->prev_free != -1)
 			fsinfo->next_cluster = cpu_to_le32(sbi->prev_free);
 		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-		if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
-			sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
 }