sbi->prev_free = entry;
                                if (sbi->free_clusters != -1)
                                        sbi->free_clusters--;
+                               sb->s_dirt = 1;
 
                                cluster[idx_clus] = entry;
                                idx_clus++;
 
        /* Couldn't allocate the free entries */
        sbi->free_clusters = 0;
+       sb->s_dirt = 1;
        err = -ENOSPC;
 
 out:
        }
        for (i = 0; i < nr_bhs; i++)
                brelse(bhs[i]);
-       fat_clusters_flush(sb);
 
        if (err && idx_clus)
                fat_free_clusters(inode, cluster[0]);
                }
 
                ops->ent_put(&fatent, FAT_ENT_FREE);
-               if (sbi->free_clusters != -1)
+               if (sbi->free_clusters != -1) {
                        sbi->free_clusters++;
+                       sb->s_dirt = 1;
+               }
 
                if (nr_bhs + fatent.nr_bhs > MAX_BUF_PER_PAGE) {
                        if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS) {
                } while (fat_ent_next(sbi, &fatent));
        }
        sbi->free_clusters = free;
+       sb->s_dirt = 1;
        fatent_brelse(&fatent);
 out:
        unlock_fat(sbi);
 
        unlock_kernel();
 }
 
-static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+static void fat_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-       struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
+       sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
        if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY))
                fat_clusters_flush(sb);
+}
+
+static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+       struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
 
        if (sbi->nls_disk) {
                unload_nls(sbi->nls_disk);
        .write_inode    = fat_write_inode,
        .delete_inode   = fat_delete_inode,
        .put_super      = fat_put_super,
+       .write_super    = fat_write_super,
        .statfs         = fat_statfs,
        .clear_inode    = fat_clear_inode,
        .remount_fs     = fat_remount,
 
                if (sbi->prev_free != -1)
                        fsinfo->next_cluster = cpu_to_le32(sbi->prev_free);
                mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-               if (sb->s_flags & MS_SYNCHRONOUS)
-                       sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
        }
        brelse(bh);
 }