int ret;
 
        pos = ((loff_t) bio->bi_sector << 9) + lo->lo_offset;
-       if (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE)
+
+       if (bio_rw(bio) == WRITE) {
+               int barrier = bio_barrier(bio);
+               struct file *file = lo->lo_backing_file;
+
+               if (barrier) {
+                       if (unlikely(!file->f_op->fsync)) {
+                               ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+
+                       ret = vfs_fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, 0);
+                       if (unlikely(ret)) {
+                               ret = -EIO;
+                               goto out;
+                       }
+               }
+
                ret = lo_send(lo, bio, pos);
-       else
+
+               if (barrier && !ret) {
+                       ret = vfs_fsync(file, file->f_path.dentry, 0);
+                       if (unlikely(ret))
+                               ret = -EIO;
+               }
+       } else
                ret = lo_receive(lo, bio, lo->lo_blocksize, pos);
+
+out:
        return ret;
 }
 
        lo->lo_queue->queuedata = lo;
        lo->lo_queue->unplug_fn = loop_unplug;
 
+       if (!(lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) && file->f_op->fsync)
+               blk_queue_ordered(lo->lo_queue, QUEUE_ORDERED_DRAIN, NULL);
+
        set_capacity(lo->lo_disk, size);
        bd_set_size(bdev, size << 9);