diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_extattr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_extattr.c
index 81a3235f3421..8c2c8b62a8ba 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_extattr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_extattr.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static int extattr_list_vp(struct vnode *vp, int attrnamespace, void *data,
     size_t nbytes, struct thread *td);
 
 int (*union_dircheckp)(struct thread *td, struct vnode **, struct file *);
-int (*softdep_fsync_hook)(struct vnode *);
 
 /*
  * The module initialization routine for POSIX asynchronous I/O will
@@ -3149,9 +3148,6 @@ fsync(td, uap)
 		VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(vp->v_object);
 	}
 	error = VOP_FSYNC(vp, MNT_WAIT, td);
-	if (error == 0 && vp->v_mount && (vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_SOFTDEP)
-	    && softdep_fsync_hook != NULL)
-		error = (*softdep_fsync_hook)(vp);
 
 	VOP_UNLOCK(vp, 0, td);
 	vn_finished_write(mp);
diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
index 81a3235f3421..8c2c8b62a8ba 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_syscalls.c
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ static int extattr_list_vp(struct vnode *vp, int attrnamespace, void *data,
     size_t nbytes, struct thread *td);
 
 int (*union_dircheckp)(struct thread *td, struct vnode **, struct file *);
-int (*softdep_fsync_hook)(struct vnode *);
 
 /*
  * The module initialization routine for POSIX asynchronous I/O will
@@ -3149,9 +3148,6 @@ fsync(td, uap)
 		VM_OBJECT_UNLOCK(vp->v_object);
 	}
 	error = VOP_FSYNC(vp, MNT_WAIT, td);
-	if (error == 0 && vp->v_mount && (vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_SOFTDEP)
-	    && softdep_fsync_hook != NULL)
-		error = (*softdep_fsync_hook)(vp);
 
 	VOP_UNLOCK(vp, 0, td);
 	vn_finished_write(mp);
diff --git a/sys/sys/vnode.h b/sys/sys/vnode.h
index 3fe3b9d08b6f..fb6281ab52f7 100644
--- a/sys/sys/vnode.h
+++ b/sys/sys/vnode.h
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ struct vattr;
 struct vnode;
 
 extern int	(*lease_check_hook)(struct vop_lease_args *);
-extern int	(*softdep_fsync_hook)(struct vnode *);
 extern int	(*softdep_process_worklist_hook)(struct mount *);
 
 /* cache_* may belong in namei.h. */
diff --git a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
index a9f13104c697..55c303521b83 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_softdep.c
@@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ softdep_initialize()
 
 	/* hooks through which the main kernel code calls us */
 	softdep_process_worklist_hook = softdep_process_worklist;
-	softdep_fsync_hook = softdep_fsync;
 
 	/* initialise bioops hack */
 	bioops.io_start = softdep_disk_io_initiation;
@@ -1006,7 +1005,6 @@ softdep_uninitialize()
 {
 
 	softdep_process_worklist_hook = NULL;
-	softdep_fsync_hook = NULL;
 	hashdestroy(pagedep_hashtbl, M_PAGEDEP, pagedep_hash);
 	hashdestroy(inodedep_hashtbl, M_INODEDEP, inodedep_hash);
 	hashdestroy(newblk_hashtbl, M_NEWBLK, newblk_hash);
diff --git a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c
index c800cb5e8ed0..942a7e2c5fc4 100644
--- a/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ ffs_fsync(struct vop_fsync_args *ap)
 	int error;
 
 	error = ffs_syncvnode(ap->a_vp, ap->a_waitfor);
+#ifdef SOFTUPDATES
+	if (error)
+		return (error);
+	if (ap->a_waitfor == MNT_WAIT &&
+	    (ap->a_vp->v_mount->mnt_flag & MNT_SOFTDEP))
+		error = softdep_fsync(ap->a_vp);
+#endif
 	return (error);
 }