diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 20a2c02b77c4..8662da6aa07c 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int bdev_write_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 			struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	int result;
-	int rw = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE;
+	int rw = wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc);
 	const struct block_device_operations *ops = bdev->bd_disk->fops;
 
 	if (!ops->rw_page || bdev_get_integrity(bdev))
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index af0d9a82a8ed..46763c58e786 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 	unsigned int blocksize, bbits;
 	int nr_underway = 0;
-	int write_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
+	int write_op = wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc);
 
 	head = create_page_buffers(page, inode,
 					(1 << BH_Dirty)|(1 << BH_Uptodate));
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 5dafb9cef12e..e4e81ce663c5 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_data_page(struct page *page,
 	struct f2fs_io_info fio = {
 		.sbi = sbi,
 		.type = DATA,
-		.rw = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE,
+		.rw = wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc),
 		.page = page,
 		.encrypted_page = NULL,
 	};
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index 1a33de9d84b1..3b377258dc09 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ static int f2fs_write_node_page(struct page *page,
 	struct f2fs_io_info fio = {
 		.sbi = sbi,
 		.type = NODE,
-		.rw = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE,
+		.rw = wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc),
 		.page = page,
 		.encrypted_page = NULL,
 	};
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
index 0448524c11bc..3fdfa3848f18 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/meta_io.c
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ static int gfs2_aspace_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wb
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
 	int nr_underway = 0;
-	int write_op = REQ_META | REQ_PRIO |
-		(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
+	int write_op = REQ_META | REQ_PRIO | wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc);
 
 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 	BUG_ON(!page_has_buffers(page));
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index eedc644b78d7..bcbdb61b24f1 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -486,7 +486,6 @@ static int __mpage_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 	struct buffer_head map_bh;
 	loff_t i_size = i_size_read(inode);
 	int ret = 0;
-	int wr = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?  WRITE_SYNC : WRITE);
 
 	if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
 		struct buffer_head *head = page_buffers(page);
@@ -595,7 +594,7 @@ page_is_mapped:
 	 * This page will go to BIO.  Do we need to send this BIO off first?
 	 */
 	if (bio && mpd->last_block_in_bio != blocks[0] - 1)
-		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wr, bio);
+		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc), bio);
 
 alloc_new:
 	if (bio == NULL) {
@@ -622,7 +621,7 @@ alloc_new:
 	wbc_account_io(wbc, page, PAGE_SIZE);
 	length = first_unmapped << blkbits;
 	if (bio_add_page(bio, page, length, 0) < length) {
-		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wr, bio);
+		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc), bio);
 		goto alloc_new;
 	}
 
@@ -632,7 +631,7 @@ alloc_new:
 	set_page_writeback(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 	if (boundary || (first_unmapped != blocks_per_page)) {
-		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wr, bio);
+		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc), bio);
 		if (boundary_block) {
 			write_boundary_block(boundary_bdev,
 					boundary_block, 1 << blkbits);
@@ -644,7 +643,7 @@ alloc_new:
 
 confused:
 	if (bio)
-		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wr, bio);
+		bio = mpage_bio_submit(wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc), bio);
 
 	if (mpd->use_writepage) {
 		ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, wbc);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index e49b2406d15d..e6c721f4153b 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ xfs_submit_ioend_bio(
 	atomic_inc(&ioend->io_remaining);
 	bio->bi_private = ioend;
 	bio->bi_end_io = xfs_end_bio;
-	submit_bio(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ? WRITE_SYNC : WRITE, bio);
+	submit_bio(wbc_to_write_cmd(wbc), bio);
 }
 
 STATIC struct bio *
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index d0b5ca5d4e08..aa66fa05ff0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ struct writeback_control {
 #endif
 };
 
+static inline int wbc_to_write_cmd(struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
+		return WRITE_SYNC;
+
+	return WRITE;
+}
+
 /*
  * A wb_domain represents a domain that wb's (bdi_writeback's) belong to
  * and are measured against each other in.  There always is one global
