diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
index 60022738938..221c5e98957 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
@@ -1993,31 +1993,16 @@ static ssize_t ocfs2_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		unsigned long nr_pages;
+		int err;
 
-		*ppos += ret;
 		nr_pages = (ret + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 
-		/*
-		 * If file or inode is SYNC and we actually wrote some data,
-		 * sync it.
-		 */
-		if (unlikely((out->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
-			int err;
+		err = generic_write_sync(out, *ppos, ret);
+		if (err)
+			ret = err;
+		else
+			*ppos += ret;
 
-			mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-			err = ocfs2_rw_lock(inode, 1);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				mlog_errno(err);
-			} else {
-				err = generic_osync_inode(inode, mapping,
-						  OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
-				ocfs2_rw_unlock(inode, 1);
-			}
-			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-			if (err)
-				ret = err;
-		}
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, nr_pages);
 	}