diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
index 23673703618a..e8d19916ba99 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c
@@ -1773,6 +1773,11 @@ xfs_remount_ro(
 	};
 	int			error;
 
+	/* Flush all the dirty data to disk. */
+	error = sync_filesystem(mp->m_super);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
 	/*
 	 * Cancel background eofb scanning so it cannot race with the final
 	 * log force+buftarg wait and deadlock the remount.
@@ -1851,8 +1856,6 @@ xfs_fs_reconfigure(
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	sync_filesystem(mp->m_super);
-
 	/* inode32 -> inode64 */
 	if (xfs_has_small_inums(mp) && !xfs_has_small_inums(new_mp)) {
 		mp->m_features &= ~XFS_FEAT_SMALL_INUMS;