diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index c80c2e658b09..d4bb6d25b1de 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync)
 static void do_sync_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int nowait = 0;
+	int wait = 1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Sync twice to reduce the possibility we skipped some inodes / pages
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ static void do_sync_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	iterate_supers(sync_fs_one_sb, &nowait);
 	sync_bdevs(false);
 	iterate_supers(sync_inodes_one_sb, NULL);
-	iterate_supers(sync_fs_one_sb, &nowait);
+	iterate_supers(sync_fs_one_sb, &wait);
 	sync_bdevs(false);
 	printk("Emergency Sync complete\n");
 	kfree(work);