diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index a8e8513a78a9..06560c520f49 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ void journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal)
 		err = 0;
 	}
 
-	journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction);
+	journal_write_revoke_records(journal, commit_transaction, write_op);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we found any dirty or locked buffers, then we should have
diff --git a/fs/jbd/revoke.c b/fs/jbd/revoke.c
index c7bd649bbbdc..1b1a06e1c836 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/revoke.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/revoke.c
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/bio.h>
 #endif
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ struct jbd_revoke_table_s
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 static void write_one_revoke_record(journal_t *, transaction_t *,
 				    struct journal_head **, int *,
-				    struct jbd_revoke_record_s *);
-static void flush_descriptor(journal_t *, struct journal_head *, int);
+				    struct jbd_revoke_record_s *, int);
+static void flush_descriptor(journal_t *, struct journal_head *, int, int);
 #endif
 
 /* Utility functions to maintain the revoke table */
@@ -486,7 +487,7 @@ void journal_switch_revoke_table(journal_t *journal)
  */
 
 void journal_write_revoke_records(journal_t *journal,
-				  transaction_t *transaction)
+				  transaction_t *transaction, int write_op)
 {
 	struct journal_head *descriptor;
 	struct jbd_revoke_record_s *record;
@@ -510,14 +511,14 @@ void journal_write_revoke_records(journal_t *journal,
 				hash_list->next;
 			write_one_revoke_record(journal, transaction,
 						&descriptor, &offset,
-						record);
+						record, write_op);
 			count++;
 			list_del(&record->hash);
 			kmem_cache_free(revoke_record_cache, record);
 		}
 	}
 	if (descriptor)
-		flush_descriptor(journal, descriptor, offset);
+		flush_descriptor(journal, descriptor, offset, write_op);
 	jbd_debug(1, "Wrote %d revoke records\n", count);
 }
 
@@ -530,7 +531,8 @@ static void write_one_revoke_record(journal_t *journal,
 				    transaction_t *transaction,
 				    struct journal_head **descriptorp,
 				    int *offsetp,
-				    struct jbd_revoke_record_s *record)
+				    struct jbd_revoke_record_s *record,
+				    int write_op)
 {
 	struct journal_head *descriptor;
 	int offset;
@@ -549,7 +551,7 @@ static void write_one_revoke_record(journal_t *journal,
 	/* Make sure we have a descriptor with space left for the record */
 	if (descriptor) {
 		if (offset == journal->j_blocksize) {
-			flush_descriptor(journal, descriptor, offset);
+			flush_descriptor(journal, descriptor, offset, write_op);
 			descriptor = NULL;
 		}
 	}
@@ -586,7 +588,7 @@ static void write_one_revoke_record(journal_t *journal,
 
 static void flush_descriptor(journal_t *journal,
 			     struct journal_head *descriptor,
-			     int offset)
+			     int offset, int write_op)
 {
 	journal_revoke_header_t *header;
 	struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(descriptor);
@@ -601,7 +603,7 @@ static void flush_descriptor(journal_t *journal,
 	set_buffer_jwrite(bh);
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "write");
 	set_buffer_dirty(bh);
-	ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh);
+	ll_rw_block((write_op == WRITE) ? SWRITE : SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG, 1, &bh);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index 53ae4399da2d..c2049a04fa0b 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -978,7 +978,8 @@ extern void	   journal_destroy_revoke(journal_t *);
 extern int	   journal_revoke (handle_t *,
 				unsigned long, struct buffer_head *);
 extern int	   journal_cancel_revoke(handle_t *, struct journal_head *);
-extern void	   journal_write_revoke_records(journal_t *, transaction_t *);
+extern void	   journal_write_revoke_records(journal_t *,
+						transaction_t *, int);
 
 /* Recovery revoke support */
 extern int	journal_set_revoke(journal_t *, unsigned long, tid_t);