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diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 5eb30a474f6d..7cbb7b79935e 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/blkpg.h>
#include <linux/magic.h>
-#include <linux/dax.h>
#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
#include <linux/swap.h>
#include <linux/pagevec.h>
@@ -1876,6 +1875,16 @@ static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
struct block_device *victim = NULL;
+ /*
+ * Sync early if it looks like we're the last one. If someone else
+ * opens the block device between now and the decrement of bd_openers
+ * then we did a sync that we didn't need to, but that's not the end
+ * of the world and we want to avoid long (could be several minute)
+ * syncs while holding the mutex.
+ */
+ if (bdev->bd_openers == 1)
+ sync_blockdev(bdev);
+
mutex_lock_nested(&bdev->bd_mutex, for_part);
if (for_part)
bdev->bd_part_count--;