diff --git a/fs/minix/dir.c b/fs/minix/dir.c
index 19052fc47e9e..a74d000327fa 100644
--- a/fs/minix/dir.c
+++ b/fs/minix/dir.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const struct file_operations minix_dir_operations = {
 	.llseek		= generic_file_llseek,
 	.read		= generic_read_dir,
 	.iterate_shared	= minix_readdir,
-	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= generic_buffers_fsync,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/minix/file.c b/fs/minix/file.c
index dca7ac71f049..282b3cd1fea3 100644
--- a/fs/minix/file.c
+++ b/fs/minix/file.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const struct file_operations minix_file_operations = {
 	.read_iter	= generic_file_read_iter,
 	.write_iter	= generic_file_write_iter,
 	.mmap_prepare	= generic_file_mmap_prepare,
-	.fsync		= generic_file_fsync,
+	.fsync		= generic_buffers_fsync,
 	.splice_read	= filemap_splice_read,
 };