diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 791fc5050e46..21b3d5b9be60 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ static int ocfs2_link(struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, inode->i_nlink);
 	fe->i_ctime = cpu_to_le64(inode_get_ctime_sec(inode));
 	fe->i_ctime_nsec = cpu_to_le32(inode_get_ctime_nsec(inode));
+	ocfs2_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 0);
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	err = ocfs2_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode,
@@ -993,6 +994,7 @@ static int ocfs2_unlink(struct inode *dir,
 		drop_nlink(inode);
 	drop_nlink(inode);
 	ocfs2_set_links_count(fe, inode->i_nlink);
+	ocfs2_update_inode_fsync_trans(handle, inode, 0);
 	ocfs2_journal_dirty(handle, fe_bh);
 
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));