diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index e058ec677207..17593d3fcdbe 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ static int devpts_remount(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 	struct pts_fs_info *fsi = DEVPTS_SB(sb);
 	struct pts_mount_opts *opts = &fsi->mount_opts;
 
-	sync_filesystem(sb);
 	err = parse_mount_options(data, PARSE_REMOUNT, opts);
 
 	/*