diff --git a/libntfs-3g/unix_io.c b/libntfs-3g/unix_io.c
index 02ed2f49..b8c3fa07 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/unix_io.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/unix_io.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static s64 ntfs_device_unix_io_pwrite(struct ntfs_device *dev, const void *buf,
  */
 static int ntfs_device_unix_io_sync(struct ntfs_device *dev)
 {
-	if (!NDevReadOnly(dev) && NDevDirty(dev)) {
+	if (!NDevReadOnly(dev)) {
 		int res = fsync(DEV_FD(dev));
 		if (!res)
 			NDevClearDirty(dev);
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/volume.c b/libntfs-3g/volume.c
index 12606bb8..8e086dce 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/volume.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/volume.c
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@ static void __ntfs_volume_release(ntfs_volume *v)
 	if (v->dev) {
 		struct ntfs_device *dev = v->dev;
 
-		if (NDevDirty(dev))
-			dev->d_ops->sync(dev);
+		dev->d_ops->sync(dev);
 		if (dev->d_ops->close(dev))
 			ntfs_log_perror("Failed to close the device");
 	}