diff -urN 2.4.19pre2ac3/fs/inode.c 2.4.19pre2ac4/fs/inode.c
--- 2.4.19pre2ac3/fs/inode.c	Mon Mar 11 11:48:44 2002
+++ 2.4.19pre2ac4/fs/inode.c	Mon Mar 11 11:49:00 2002
@@ -247,15 +247,15 @@
 
 static inline void sync_one(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 {
-	if (inode->i_state & I_LOCK) {
+	while (inode->i_state & I_LOCK) {
 		__iget(inode);
 		spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 		__wait_on_inode(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 		spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-	} else {
-		__sync_one(inode, sync);
 	}
+
+	__sync_one(inode, sync);
 }
 
 static inline void sync_list(struct list_head *head)