diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 3ce8e2137f310..c7690016453e4 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  */
 int sync_filesystem(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
@@ -52,15 +52,21 @@ int sync_filesystem(struct super_block *sb)
 	 * at a time.
 	 */
 	writeback_inodes_sb(sb, WB_REASON_SYNC);
-	if (sb->s_op->sync_fs)
-		sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, 0);
+	if (sb->s_op->sync_fs) {
+		ret = sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 	ret = sync_blockdev_nowait(sb->s_bdev);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	sync_inodes_sb(sb);
-	if (sb->s_op->sync_fs)
-		sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, 1);
+	if (sb->s_op->sync_fs) {
+		ret = sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, 1);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 	return sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_filesystem);