diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
index 4cb1c10c7706..ca48dff09e19 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_data(struct path *old, struct path *new, loff_t len)
 		len -= bytes;
 	}
 
+	if (!error)
+		error = vfs_fsync(new_file, 0);
 	fput(new_file);
 out_fput:
 	fput(old_file);