diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index 278d4be8ecbe..e17bbc7598c1 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -734,6 +734,6 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= ext2_compat_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.fsync		= ext2_fsync,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.setlease	= generic_setlease,
 };
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 79f7b395258c..5642451bf191 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ extern unsigned long ext2_count_free (struct buffer_head *, unsigned);
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct inode *ext2_iget (struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int ext2_write_inode (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
+extern int ext2_sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
 extern void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 void ext2_write_failed(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t to);
 extern int ext2_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
@@ -772,8 +773,6 @@ extern void ext2_sync_super(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_super_block *es,
 extern const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations;
 
 /* file.c */
-extern int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
-		      int datasync);
 extern const struct inode_operations ext2_file_inode_operations;
 extern const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations;
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index 8dca9ec4cacd..b9020df7d89e 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -47,21 +47,6 @@ static int ext2_release_file (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
-{
-	int ret;
-	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-
-	ret = mmb_fsync(file, &EXT2_I(inode)->i_metadata_bhs,
-			start, end, datasync);
-	if (ret == -EIO)
-		/* We don't really know where the IO error happened... */
-		ext2_error(sb, __func__,
-			   "detected IO error when writing metadata buffers");
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static ssize_t ext2_dio_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
@@ -213,7 +198,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
 	.mmap_prepare	= generic_file_mmap_prepare,
 	.open		= ext2_file_open,
 	.release	= ext2_release_file,
-	.fsync		= ext2_fsync,
+	.fsync		= simple_fsync,
 	.get_unmapped_area = thp_get_unmapped_area,
 	.splice_read	= filemap_splice_read,
 	.splice_write	= iter_file_splice_write,
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 904e70f3140e..b5c958db9ecf 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -81,16 +81,11 @@ void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode * inode)
 	truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
 
 	if (want_delete) {
-		struct writeback_control wbc = {
-			.sync_mode = inode_needs_sync(inode) ? WB_SYNC_ALL :
-							       WB_SYNC_NONE,
-		};
-
 		sb_start_intwrite(inode->i_sb);
 		/* set dtime */
 		EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime	= ktime_get_real_seconds();
 		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-		ext2_write_inode(inode, &wbc);
+		sync_inode_metadata(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
 		/* truncate to 0 */
 		inode->i_size = 0;
 		if (inode->i_blocks)
@@ -1560,20 +1555,37 @@ int ext2_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	} else for (n = 0; n < EXT2_N_BLOCKS; n++)
 		raw_inode->i_block[n] = ei->i_data[n];
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	/*
-	 * For sync(2) the generic code will call sync_blockdev() to write
-	 * all metadata more efficiently.
-	 */
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && !wbc->for_sync) {
-		sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
-		if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			printk ("IO error syncing ext2 inode [%s:%08lx]\n",
-				sb->s_id, (unsigned long) ino);
-			err = -EIO;
-		}
-	}
 	ei->i_state &= ~EXT2_STATE_NEW;
 	brelse (bh);
+	set_inode_metadata_writeback(inode);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int ext2_sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct ext2_inode *raw_inode = ext2_get_inode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino,
+						      &bh);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (IS_ERR(raw_inode))
+		return -EIO;
+	err = mmb_sync(&EXT2_I(inode)->i_metadata_bhs);
+	if (err) {
+		ext2_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+			"Error syncing inode metadata ino=%lu\n",
+			(unsigned long)inode->i_ino);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+		ext2_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+			"IO error syncing inode %lu\n",
+			(unsigned long)inode->i_ino);
+		err = -EIO;
+	}
+out:
+	brelse(bh);
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 3999f8f3b156..a40f530872a4 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ static const struct super_operations ext2_sops = {
 	.alloc_inode	= ext2_alloc_inode,
 	.free_inode	= ext2_free_in_core_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext2_write_inode,
+	.sync_inode_metadata = ext2_sync_inode_metadata,
 	.evict_inode	= ext2_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext2_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext2_sync_fs,