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diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d3c190c35fcc..87f97ba90ad1 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1656,6 +1656,15 @@ struct file *do_filp_open(int dfd, const char *pathname,
int will_write;
int flag = open_to_namei_flags(open_flag);
+ /*
+ * O_SYNC is implemented as __O_SYNC|O_DSYNC. As many places only
+ * check for O_DSYNC if the need any syncing at all we enforce it's
+ * always set instead of having to deal with possibly weird behaviour
+ * for malicious applications setting only __O_SYNC.
+ */
+ if (open_flag & __O_SYNC)
+ open_flag |= O_DSYNC;
+
if (!acc_mode)
acc_mode = MAY_OPEN | ACC_MODE(flag);