diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
index 33afee0f5559..edb51dc12f65 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fsntfs.c
@@ -983,18 +983,11 @@ out:
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	mark_inode_dirty(&ni->vfs_inode);
+	mark_inode_dirty_sync(&ni->vfs_inode);
 	/* verify(!ntfs_update_mftmirr()); */
 
-	/*
-	 * If we used wait=1, sync_inode_metadata waits for the io for the
-	 * inode to finish. It hangs when media is removed.
-	 * So wait=0 is sent down to sync_inode_metadata
-	 * and filemap_fdatawrite is used for the data blocks.
-	 */
-	err = sync_inode_metadata(&ni->vfs_inode, 0);
-	if (!err)
-		err = filemap_fdatawrite(ni->vfs_inode.i_mapping);
+	/* write mft record on disk. */
+	err = _ni_write_inode(&ni->vfs_inode, 1);
 
 	return err;
 }