diff --git a/balloc.c b/balloc.c
index ad990217d3d0..c6807392183e 100644
--- a/balloc.c
+++ b/balloc.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void exfat_free_bitmap(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi)
 	kfree(sbi->vol_amap);
 }
 
-int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu)
+int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync)
 {
 	int i, b;
 	unsigned int ent_idx;
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu)
 	b = BITMAP_OFFSET_BIT_IN_SECTOR(sb, ent_idx);
 
 	set_bit_le(b, sbi->vol_amap[i]->b_data);
-	exfat_update_bh(sbi->vol_amap[i], IS_DIRSYNC(inode));
+	exfat_update_bh(sbi->vol_amap[i], sync);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index e671094f57ae..ba91062d8004 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ int exfat_alloc_new_dir(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *clu)
 
 	exfat_chain_set(clu, EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER, 0, ALLOC_NO_FAT_CHAIN);
 
-	ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, 1, clu);
+	ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, 1, clu, IS_DIRSYNC(inode));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/exfat_fs.h b/exfat_fs.h
index 0260b9f20790..f38a061e082b 100644
--- a/exfat_fs.h
+++ b/exfat_fs.h
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ int exfat_clear_volume_dirty(struct super_block *sb);
 #define exfat_get_next_cluster(sb, pclu) exfat_ent_get(sb, *(pclu), pclu)
 
 int exfat_alloc_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int num_alloc,
-		struct exfat_chain *p_chain);
+		struct exfat_chain *p_chain, bool sync_bmap);
 int exfat_free_cluster(struct inode *inode, struct exfat_chain *p_chain);
 int exfat_ent_get(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int loc,
 		unsigned int *content);
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ int exfat_count_num_clusters(struct super_block *sb,
 /* balloc.c */
 int exfat_load_bitmap(struct super_block *sb);
 void exfat_free_bitmap(struct exfat_sb_info *sbi);
-int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu);
+int exfat_set_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync);
 void exfat_clear_bitmap(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu, bool sync);
 unsigned int exfat_find_free_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int clu);
 int exfat_count_used_clusters(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int *ret_count);
diff --git a/fatent.c b/fatent.c
index 74f3092a277d..c0a9cc9ac6e2 100644
--- a/fatent.c
+++ b/fatent.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ release_bhs:
 }
 
 int exfat_alloc_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int num_alloc,
-		struct exfat_chain *p_chain)
+		struct exfat_chain *p_chain, bool sync_bmap)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOSPC;
 	unsigned int num_clusters = 0, total_cnt;
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int exfat_alloc_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int num_alloc,
 		}
 
 		/* update allocation bitmap */
-		if (exfat_set_bitmap(inode, new_clu)) {
+		if (exfat_set_bitmap(inode, new_clu, sync_bmap)) {
 			ret = -EIO;
 			goto free_cluster;
 		}
diff --git a/inode.c b/inode.c
index 02ddbd3df7bb..2d9a01a6fa94 100644
--- a/inode.c
+++ b/inode.c
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ static int exfat_map_cluster(struct inode *inode, unsigned int clu_offset,
 			return -EIO;
 		}
 
-		ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, num_to_be_allocated, &new_clu);
+		ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, num_to_be_allocated, &new_clu,
+				inode_needs_sync(inode));
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
diff --git a/namei.c b/namei.c
index 3b45cc6e0113..a68e56ecd644 100644
--- a/namei.c
+++ b/namei.c
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ static int exfat_find_empty_entry(struct inode *inode,
 		exfat_chain_set(&clu, last_clu + 1, 0, p_dir->flags);
 
 		/* allocate a cluster */
-		ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, 1, &clu);
+		ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, 1, &clu, IS_DIRSYNC(inode));
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;