diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 3a7f603b6982..f3500294eec5 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ const struct file_operations fat_dir_operations = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
 	.compat_ioctl	= fat_compat_dir_ioctl,
 #endif
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= fat_file_fsync,
 };
 
 static int fat_get_short_entry(struct inode *dir, loff_t *pos,
@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@ static int __fat_remove_entries(struct inode *dir, loff_t pos, int nr_slots)
 			de++;
 			nr_slots--;
 		}
-		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, dir);
 		if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 			err = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 		brelse(bh);
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ int fat_remove_entries(struct inode *dir, struct fat_slot_info *sinfo)
 		de--;
 		nr_slots--;
 	}
-	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, dir);
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 		err = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
 	brelse(bh);
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static int fat_zeroed_cluster(struct inode *dir, sector_t blknr, int nr_used,
 		}
 		memset(bhs[n]->b_data, 0, sb->s_blocksize);
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bhs[n]);
-		mark_buffer_dirty(bhs[n]);
+		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bhs[n], dir);
 
 		n++;
 		blknr++;
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ int fat_alloc_new_dir(struct inode *dir, struct timespec *ts)
 	de[0].size = de[1].size = 0;
 	memset(de + 2, 0, sb->s_blocksize - 2 * sizeof(*de));
 	set_buffer_uptodate(bhs[0]);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(bhs[0]);
+	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bhs[0], dir);
 
 	err = fat_zeroed_cluster(dir, blknr, 1, bhs, MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE);
 	if (err)
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ static int fat_add_new_entries(struct inode *dir, void *slots, int nr_slots,
 			slots += copy;
 			size -= copy;
 			set_buffer_uptodate(bhs[n]);
-			mark_buffer_dirty(bhs[n]);
+			mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bhs[n], dir);
 			if (!size)
 				break;
 			n++;
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ int fat_add_entries(struct inode *dir, void *slots, int nr_slots,
 		for (i = 0; i < long_bhs; i++) {
 			int copy = min_t(int, sb->s_blocksize - offset, size);
 			memcpy(bhs[i]->b_data + offset, slots, copy);
-			mark_buffer_dirty(bhs[i]);
+			mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bhs[i], dir);
 			offset = 0;
 			slots += copy;
 			size -= copy;
@@ -1304,7 +1304,7 @@ int fat_add_entries(struct inode *dir, void *slots, int nr_slots,
 			/* Fill the short name slot. */
 			int copy = min_t(int, sb->s_blocksize - offset, size);
 			memcpy(bhs[i]->b_data + offset, slots, copy);
-			mark_buffer_dirty(bhs[i]);
+			mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bhs[i], dir);
 			if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 				err = sync_dirty_buffer(bhs[i]);
 		}
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index ea440d65819c..e4d88527b5dd 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct msdos_sb_info {
 
 	int fatent_shift;
 	struct fatent_operations *fatent_ops;
+	struct inode *fat_inode;
 
 	spinlock_t inode_hash_lock;
 	struct hlist_head inode_hashtable[FAT_HASH_SIZE];
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ struct fat_entry {
 	} u;
 	int nr_bhs;
 	struct buffer_head *bhs[2];
+	struct inode *fat_inode;
 };
 
 static inline void fatent_init(struct fat_entry *fatent)
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ static inline void fatent_init(struct fat_entry *fatent)
 	fatent->entry = 0;
 	fatent->u.ent32_p = NULL;
 	fatent->bhs[0] = fatent->bhs[1] = NULL;
+	fatent->fat_inode = NULL;
 }
 
 static inline void fatent_set_entry(struct fat_entry *fatent, int entry)
@@ -275,6 +278,7 @@ static inline void fatent_brelse(struct fat_entry *fatent)
 		brelse(fatent->bhs[i]);
 	fatent->nr_bhs = 0;
 	fatent->bhs[0] = fatent->bhs[1] = NULL;
+	fatent->fat_inode = NULL;
 }
 
 extern void fat_ent_access_init(struct super_block *sb);
@@ -296,6 +300,8 @@ extern int fat_setattr(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr);
 extern void fat_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 extern int fat_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 		       struct kstat *stat);
+extern int fat_file_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
+			  int datasync);
 
 /* fat/inode.c */
 extern void fat_attach(struct inode *inode, loff_t i_pos);
diff --git a/fs/fat/fatent.c b/fs/fat/fatent.c
index da6eea47872f..618f5305c2e4 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fatent.c
+++ b/fs/fat/fatent.c
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ static int fat12_ent_bread(struct super_block *sb, struct fat_entry *fatent,
 	struct buffer_head **bhs = fatent->bhs;
 
 	WARN_ON(blocknr < MSDOS_SB(sb)->fat_start);
+	fatent->fat_inode = MSDOS_SB(sb)->fat_inode;
+
 	bhs[0] = sb_bread(sb, blocknr);
 	if (!bhs[0])
 		goto err;
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ static int fat_ent_bread(struct super_block *sb, struct fat_entry *fatent,
 	struct fatent_operations *ops = MSDOS_SB(sb)->fatent_ops;
 
 	WARN_ON(blocknr < MSDOS_SB(sb)->fat_start);
+	fatent->fat_inode = MSDOS_SB(sb)->fat_inode;
 	fatent->bhs[0] = sb_bread(sb, blocknr);
 	if (!fatent->bhs[0]) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "FAT: FAT read failed (blocknr %llu)\n",
@@ -167,9 +170,9 @@ static void fat12_ent_put(struct fat_entry *fatent, int new)
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&fat12_entry_lock);
 
-	mark_buffer_dirty(fatent->bhs[0]);
+	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(fatent->bhs[0], fatent->fat_inode);
 	if (fatent->nr_bhs == 2)
-		mark_buffer_dirty(fatent->bhs[1]);
+		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(fatent->bhs[1], fatent->fat_inode);
 }
 
 static void fat16_ent_put(struct fat_entry *fatent, int new)
@@ -178,7 +181,7 @@ static void fat16_ent_put(struct fat_entry *fatent, int new)
 		new = EOF_FAT16;
 
 	*fatent->u.ent16_p = cpu_to_le16(new);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(fatent->bhs[0]);
+	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(fatent->bhs[0], fatent->fat_inode);
 }
 
 static void fat32_ent_put(struct fat_entry *fatent, int new)
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ static void fat32_ent_put(struct fat_entry *fatent, int new)
 	WARN_ON(new & 0xf0000000);
 	new |= le32_to_cpu(*fatent->u.ent32_p) & ~0x0fffffff;
 	*fatent->u.ent32_p = cpu_to_le32(new);
-	mark_buffer_dirty(fatent->bhs[0]);
+	mark_buffer_dirty_inode(fatent->bhs[0], fatent->fat_inode);
 }
 
 static int fat12_ent_next(struct fat_entry *fatent)
@@ -381,7 +384,7 @@ static int fat_mirror_bhs(struct super_block *sb, struct buffer_head **bhs,
 			}
 			memcpy(c_bh->b_data, bhs[n]->b_data, sb->s_blocksize);
 			set_buffer_uptodate(c_bh);
-			mark_buffer_dirty(c_bh);
+			mark_buffer_dirty_inode(c_bh, sbi->fat_inode);
 			if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
 				err = sync_dirty_buffer(c_bh);
 			brelse(c_bh);
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 0a7f4a9918b3..e955a56b4e5e 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ static int fat_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int fat_file_fsync(struct file *filp, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
+	int res, err;
+
+	res = simple_fsync(filp, dentry, datasync);
+	err = sync_mapping_buffers(MSDOS_SB(inode->i_sb)->fat_inode->i_mapping);
+
+	return res ? res : err;
+}
+
+
 const struct file_operations fat_file_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= do_sync_read,
@@ -142,7 +154,7 @@ const struct file_operations fat_file_operations = {
 	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
 	.release	= fat_file_release,
 	.ioctl		= fat_generic_ioctl,
-	.fsync		= file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= fat_file_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= generic_file_splice_read,
 };
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 2292cbf7d364..476f80b175fe 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 	if (sb->s_dirt)
 		fat_write_super(sb);
 
+	iput(sbi->fat_inode);
+
 	if (sbi->nls_disk) {
 		unload_nls(sbi->nls_disk);
 		sbi->nls_disk = NULL;
@@ -1183,7 +1185,7 @@ static int fat_read_root(struct inode *inode)
 int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent,
 		   const struct inode_operations *fs_dir_inode_ops, int isvfat)
 {
-	struct inode *root_inode = NULL;
+	struct inode *root_inode = NULL, *fat_inode = NULL;
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct fat_boot_sector *b;
 	struct msdos_sb_info *sbi;
@@ -1423,6 +1425,11 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent,
 	}
 
 	error = -ENOMEM;
+	fat_inode = new_inode(sb);
+	if (!fat_inode)
+		goto out_fail;
+	MSDOS_I(fat_inode)->i_pos = 0;
+	sbi->fat_inode = fat_inode;
 	root_inode = new_inode(sb);
 	if (!root_inode)
 		goto out_fail;
@@ -1448,6 +1455,8 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent,
 		       " on dev %s.\n", sb->s_id);
 
 out_fail:
+	if (fat_inode)
+		iput(fat_inode);
 	if (root_inode)
 		iput(root_inode);
 	if (sbi->nls_io)
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index da3f361a37dd..20f522861355 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 		int start = MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart;
 		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
 		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
-		mark_buffer_dirty(dotdot_bh);
+		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
 			err = sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 			if (err)
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static int do_msdos_rename(struct inode *old_dir, unsigned char *old_name,
 		int start = MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart;
 		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
 		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
-		mark_buffer_dirty(dotdot_bh);
+		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		corrupt |= sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 	}
 error_inode:
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index a0e00e3a46e9..b50ecbe97f83 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		int start = MSDOS_I(new_dir)->i_logstart;
 		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
 		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
-		mark_buffer_dirty(dotdot_bh);
+		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		if (IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) {
 			err = sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 			if (err)
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static int vfat_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		int start = MSDOS_I(old_dir)->i_logstart;
 		dotdot_de->start = cpu_to_le16(start);
 		dotdot_de->starthi = cpu_to_le16(start >> 16);
-		mark_buffer_dirty(dotdot_bh);
+		mark_buffer_dirty_inode(dotdot_bh, old_inode);
 		corrupt |= sync_dirty_buffer(dotdot_bh);
 	}
 error_inode: