diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index cbf1112..6a5b772 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ int invalidate_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
 	struct block_device *bdev = bdget_disk(disk, partno);
 	if (bdev) {
 		fsync_bdev(bdev);
-		res = __invalidate_device(bdev, true);
+		res = __invalidate_device(bdev);
 		bdput(bdev);
 	}
 	return res;
diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
index 77fc76f..b9ba04f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
@@ -3281,7 +3281,7 @@ static int set_geometry(unsigned int cmd, struct floppy_struct *g,
 			struct block_device *bdev = opened_bdev[cnt];
 			if (!bdev || ITYPE(drive_state[cnt].fd_device) != type)
 				continue;
-			__invalidate_device(bdev, true);
+			__invalidate_device(bdev);
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&open_lock);
 	} else {
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 8892870..5aae241 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -934,9 +934,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bd_unlink_disk_holder);
  * when a disk has been changed -- either by a media change or online
  * resize.
  */
-static void flush_disk(struct block_device *bdev, bool kill_dirty)
+static void flush_disk(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	if (__invalidate_device(bdev, kill_dirty)) {
+	if (__invalidate_device(bdev)) {
 		char name[BDEVNAME_SIZE] = "";
 
 		if (bdev->bd_disk)
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ void check_disk_size_change(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
 		       "%s: detected capacity change from %lld to %lld\n",
 		       name, bdev_size, disk_size);
 		i_size_write(bdev->bd_inode, disk_size);
-		flush_disk(bdev, false);
+		fsync_bdev(bdev);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(check_disk_size_change);
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ int check_disk_change(struct block_device *bdev)
 	if (!(events & DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE))
 		return 0;
 
-	flush_disk(bdev, true);
+	flush_disk(bdev);
 	if (bdops->revalidate_disk)
 		bdops->revalidate_disk(bdev->bd_disk);
 	return 1;
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ fail:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lookup_bdev);
 
-int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev, bool kill_dirty)
+int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = get_super(bdev);
 	int res = 0;
@@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *bdev, bool kill_dirty)
 		 * hold).
 		 */
 		shrink_dcache_sb(sb);
-		res = invalidate_inodes(sb, kill_dirty);
+		res = invalidate_inodes(sb);
 		drop_super(sb);
 	}
 	invalidate_bdev(bdev);
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 0647d80..9c2b795 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -548,14 +548,11 @@ void evict_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 /**
  * invalidate_inodes	- attempt to free all inodes on a superblock
  * @sb:		superblock to operate on
- * @kill_dirty: flag to guide handling of dirty inodes
  *
  * Attempts to free all inodes for a given superblock.  If there were any
  * busy inodes return a non-zero value, else zero.
- * If @kill_dirty is set, discard dirty inodes too, otherwise treat
- * them as busy.
  */
-int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb, bool kill_dirty)
+int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	int busy = 0;
 	struct inode *inode, *next;
@@ -567,10 +564,6 @@ int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *sb, bool kill_dirty)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(inode, next, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
 		if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE))
 			continue;
-		if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY && !kill_dirty) {
-			busy = 1;
-			continue;
-		}
 		if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
 			busy = 1;
 			continue;
diff --git a/fs/internal.h b/fs/internal.h
index f3d15de..bee95ea 100644
--- a/fs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/internal.h
@@ -125,4 +125,4 @@ extern long do_handle_open(int mountdirfd,
  */
 extern int get_nr_dirty_inodes(void);
 extern void evict_inodes(struct super_block *);
-extern int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *, bool);
+extern int invalidate_inodes(struct super_block *);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 13df14e..ff9a159 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ extern void check_disk_size_change(struct gendisk *disk,
 				   struct block_device *bdev);
 extern int revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *);
 extern int check_disk_change(struct block_device *);
-extern int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *, bool);
+extern int __invalidate_device(struct block_device *);
 extern int invalidate_partition(struct gendisk *, int);
 #endif
 unsigned long invalidate_mapping_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
