diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
index 79666877ba04..27e8f045ccf2 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_subr.c
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ restart:
 		vdrop(vp);
 		VFS_UNLOCK_GIANT(vfslocked);
 		mtx_lock(&sync_mtx);
-		return (1);
+		return (*bo == LIST_FIRST(slp));
 	}
 	vn_lock(vp, LK_EXCLUSIVE | LK_RETRY);
 	(void) VOP_FSYNC(vp, MNT_LAZY, td);