diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/file.c b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
index c9f178f..c20babd 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/file.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@
 	if (th->t_trans_id) {
 		int err;
 		// update any changes we made to blk count
-		reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode);
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		err =
 		    journal_end(th, inode->i_sb,
 				JOURNAL_PER_BALANCE_CNT * 3 + 1 +
@@ -855,17 +855,18 @@
 
 		if (th->t_trans_id) {
 			reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
-			reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode);	// And update on-disk metadata
+			// this sets the proper flags for O_SYNC to trigger a commit
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);
 		} else
-			inode->i_sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
 		sd_update = 1;
 	}
 	if (th->t_trans_id) {
 		reiserfs_write_lock(inode->i_sb);
 		if (!sd_update)
-			reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode);
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 		status = journal_end(th, th->t_super, th->t_blocks_allocated);
 		if (status)
 			retval = status;
@@ -1320,7 +1321,7 @@
 				return err;
 			}
 			reiserfs_update_inode_transaction(inode);
-			reiserfs_update_sd(&th, inode);
+			mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 			err = journal_end(&th, inode->i_sb, 1);
 			if (err) {
 				reiserfs_write_unlock(inode->i_sb);