diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index b527f4ab47e0..62a6960242c5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ void ext4_fc_track_range(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t star
 
 static void ext4_fc_submit_bh(struct super_block *sb, bool is_tail)
 {
-	blk_opf_t write_flags = REQ_SYNC;
+	blk_opf_t write_flags = JBD2_JOURNAL_REQ_FLAGS;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_fc_bh;
 
 	/* Add REQ_FUA | REQ_PREFLUSH only its tail */