diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
index 2c144ab17c2f..ecadcb7297aa 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -3054,8 +3054,8 @@ vinactive(struct vnode *vp, struct thread *td)
 	 * point that VOP_INACTIVE() is called, there could still be
 	 * pending I/O and dirty pages in the object.
 	 */
-	obj = vp->v_object;
-	if (obj != NULL && (obj->flags & OBJ_MIGHTBEDIRTY) != 0) {
+	if ((obj = vp->v_object) != NULL && (vp->v_vflag & VV_NOSYNC) == 0 &&
+	    (obj->flags & OBJ_MIGHTBEDIRTY) != 0) {
 		VM_OBJECT_WLOCK(obj);
 		vm_object_page_clean(obj, 0, 0, 0);
 		VM_OBJECT_WUNLOCK(obj);
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_object.c b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
index fa197214296e..fe015bdb8776 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_object.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_object.c
@@ -1083,8 +1083,8 @@ vm_object_sync(vm_object_t object, vm_ooffset_t offset, vm_size_t size,
 	 * I/O.
 	 */
 	if (object->type == OBJT_VNODE &&
-	    (object->flags & OBJ_MIGHTBEDIRTY) != 0) {
-		vp = object->handle;
+	    (object->flags & OBJ_MIGHTBEDIRTY) != 0 &&
+	    ((vp = object->handle)->v_vflag & VV_NOSYNC) == 0) {
 		VM_OBJECT_WUNLOCK(object);
 		(void) vn_start_write(vp, &mp, V_WAIT);
 		vn_lock(vp, LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_RETRY);