diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 240eb932c014b..752b676c92e3f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ xfs_update_prealloc_flags(
 		ip->i_diflags &= ~XFS_DIFLAG_PREALLOC;
 
 	xfs_trans_log_inode(tp, ip, XFS_ILOG_CORE);
-	if (flags & XFS_PREALLOC_SYNC)
-		xfs_trans_set_sync(tp);
 	return xfs_trans_commit(tp);
 }
 
@@ -1059,9 +1057,6 @@ xfs_file_fallocate(
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
-		flags |= XFS_PREALLOC_SYNC;
-
 	error = xfs_update_prealloc_flags(ip, flags);
 	if (error)
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -1084,8 +1079,14 @@ xfs_file_fallocate(
 	 * leave shifted extents past EOF and hence losing access to
 	 * the data that is contained within them.
 	 */
-	if (do_file_insert)
+	if (do_file_insert) {
 		error = xfs_insert_file_space(ip, offset, len);
+		if (error)
+			goto out_unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
+		error = xfs_log_force_inode(ip);
 
 out_unlock:
 	xfs_iunlock(ip, iolock);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c
index 8865f7d4404ae..3a82a13d880c2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_pnfs.c
@@ -164,10 +164,12 @@ xfs_fs_map_blocks(
 		 * that the blocks allocated and handed out to the client are
 		 * guaranteed to be present even after a server crash.
 		 */
-		error = xfs_update_prealloc_flags(ip,
-				XFS_PREALLOC_SET | XFS_PREALLOC_SYNC);
+		error = xfs_update_prealloc_flags(ip, XFS_PREALLOC_SET);
+		if (!error)
+			error = xfs_log_force_inode(ip);
 		if (error)
 			goto out_unlock;
+
 	} else {
 		xfs_iunlock(ip, lock_flags);
 	}