diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index 361d26d87d2e..2ca16f849d5a 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= minix_readdir,
-	.fsync		= minix_fsync,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index 86e5943cd2ff..02aabbdb5dea 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include "minix.h"
 
-int minix_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
-{
-	return mmb_fsync(file,
-			&minix_i(file->f_mapping->host)->i_metadata_bhs,
-			start, end, datasync);
-}
-
 /*
  * We have mostly NULLs here: the current defaults are OK for
  * the minix filesystem.
@@ -26,7 +19,7 @@ const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap_prepare	= generic_file_mmap_prepare,
-	.fsync		= minix_fsync,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= filemap_splice_read,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/minix/inode.c b/fs/minix/inode.c
index c30cc590698d..daf83e4ff25c 100644
--- a/fs/minix/inode.c
+++ b/fs/minix/inode.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 
 static int minix_write_inode(struct inode *inode,
 		struct writeback_control *wbc);
+static int minix_sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct writeback_control *wbc);
 static int minix_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf);
 
 void __minix_error_inode(struct inode *inode, const char *function,
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ static const struct super_operations minix_sops = {
 	.alloc_inode	= minix_alloc_inode,
 	.free_inode	= minix_free_in_core_inode,
 	.write_inode	= minix_write_inode,
+	.sync_inode_metadata = minix_sync_inode_metadata,
 	.evict_inode	= minix_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= minix_put_super,
 	.statfs		= minix_statfs,
@@ -630,7 +633,7 @@ struct inode *minix_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 /*
  * The minix V1 function to synchronize an inode.
  */
-static struct buffer_head * V1_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
+static int V1_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct buffer_head * bh;
 	struct minix_inode * raw_inode;
@@ -639,7 +642,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * V1_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 
 	raw_inode = minix_V1_raw_inode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, &bh);
 	if (!raw_inode)
-		return NULL;
+		return -EIO;
 	raw_inode->i_mode = inode->i_mode;
 	raw_inode->i_uid = fs_high2lowuid(i_uid_read(inode));
 	raw_inode->i_gid = fs_high2lowgid(i_gid_read(inode));
@@ -651,13 +654,15 @@ static struct buffer_head * V1_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	else for (i = 0; i < 9; i++)
 		raw_inode->i_zone[i] = minix_inode->u.i1_data[i];
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	return bh;
+	brelse(bh);
+	set_inode_metadata_writeback(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * The minix V2 function to synchronize an inode.
  */
-static struct buffer_head * V2_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
+static int V2_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 {
 	struct buffer_head * bh;
 	struct minix2_inode * raw_inode;
@@ -666,7 +671,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * V2_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 
 	raw_inode = minix_V2_raw_inode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, &bh);
 	if (!raw_inode)
-		return NULL;
+		return -EIO;
 	raw_inode->i_mode = inode->i_mode;
 	raw_inode->i_uid = fs_high2lowuid(i_uid_read(inode));
 	raw_inode->i_gid = fs_high2lowgid(i_gid_read(inode));
@@ -680,29 +685,42 @@ static struct buffer_head * V2_minix_update_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	else for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
 		raw_inode->i_zone[i] = minix_inode->u.i2_data[i];
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	return bh;
+	brelse(bh);
+	set_inode_metadata_writeback(inode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int minix_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	if (INODE_VERSION(inode) == MINIX_V1)
+		return V1_minix_update_inode(inode);
+	return V2_minix_update_inode(inode);
+}
+
+static int minix_sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode,
+				     struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	int err = 0;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	void *raw_inode;
 
 	if (INODE_VERSION(inode) == MINIX_V1)
-		bh = V1_minix_update_inode(inode);
+		raw_inode = minix_V1_raw_inode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, &bh);
 	else
-		bh = V2_minix_update_inode(inode);
-	if (!bh)
+		raw_inode = minix_V2_raw_inode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino, &bh);
+	if (!raw_inode)
 		return -EIO;
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && buffer_dirty(bh)) {
-		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-		if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			printk("IO error syncing minix inode [%s:%08llx]\n",
-				inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
-			err = -EIO;
-		}
+	err = mmb_sync(&minix_i(inode)->i_metadata_bhs);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+	sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+		printk("IO error syncing minix inode [%s:%08llx]\n",
+			inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino);
+		err = -EIO;
 	}
-	brelse (bh);
+out:
+	brelse(bh);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/minix/minix.h b/fs/minix/minix.h
index 9e52d4302f0d..78722ce22e1e 100644
--- a/fs/minix/minix.h
+++ b/fs/minix/minix.h
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ int minix_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *, const struct path *,
 		struct kstat *, u32, unsigned int);
 int minix_prepare_chunk(struct folio *folio, loff_t pos, unsigned len);
 struct mapping_metadata_bhs *minix_get_metadata_bhs(struct inode *inode);
-int minix_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync);
 
 extern void V1_minix_truncate(struct inode *);
 extern void V2_minix_truncate(struct inode *);