diff --git a/fs/exfat/file.c b/fs/exfat/file.c
index cc00f1a7a1e1..9adfc38ca7da 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/file.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/file.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static int exfat_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
 	clu.flags = ei->flags;
 
 	ret = exfat_alloc_cluster(inode, new_num_clusters - num_clusters,
-			&clu, IS_DIRSYNC(inode));
+			&clu, inode_needs_sync(inode));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -77,12 +77,11 @@ static int exfat_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
 	ei->i_size_aligned = round_up(size, sb->s_blocksize);
 	ei->i_size_ondisk = ei->i_size_aligned;
 	inode->i_blocks = round_up(size, sbi->cluster_size) >> 9;
-
-	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
-		return write_inode_now(inode, 1);
-
 	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 
+	if (IS_SYNC(inode))
+		return write_inode_now(inode, 1);
+
 	return 0;
 
 free_clu: