static int ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
        struct buffer_head *sbh = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh;
-       int error = 0;
 
        if (!sbh)
                return -EINVAL;
 
        ext4_update_super(sb);
 
+       lock_buffer(sbh);
+       /* Buffer got discarded which means block device got invalidated */
+       if (!buffer_mapped(sbh)) {
+               unlock_buffer(sbh);
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+
        if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh) || !buffer_uptodate(sbh)) {
                /*
                 * Oh, dear.  A previous attempt to write the
                clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
                set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
        }
-       BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty");
-       mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
-       error = __sync_dirty_buffer(sbh,
-               REQ_SYNC | (test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? REQ_FUA : 0));
+       get_bh(sbh);
+       /* Clear potential dirty bit if it was journalled update */
+       clear_buffer_dirty(sbh);
+       sbh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
+       submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE,
+                 REQ_SYNC | (test_opt(sb, BARRIER) ? REQ_FUA : 0), sbh);
+       wait_on_buffer(sbh);
        if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
                ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "I/O error while writing "
                       "superblock");
                clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
                set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
+               return -EIO;
        }
-       return error;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /*