diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 83ac79a960dd..12f2aa594c50 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
-#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/sched/xacct.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static int do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
 	if (f.file) {
 		ret = vfs_fsync(f.file, datasync);
 		fdput(f);
+		inc_syscfs(current);
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/xacct.h b/include/linux/sched/xacct.h
index c078f0a94cec..9544c9d9d534 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/xacct.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/xacct.h
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ static inline void inc_syscw(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 	tsk->ioac.syscw++;
 }
+
+static inline void inc_syscfs(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	tsk->ioac.syscfs++;
+}
 #else
 static inline void add_rchar(struct task_struct *tsk, ssize_t amt)
 {
@@ -44,6 +49,10 @@ static inline void inc_syscr(struct task_struct *tsk)
 static inline void inc_syscw(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
 }
+
+static inline void inc_syscfs(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_SCHED_XACCT_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/task_io_accounting.h b/include/linux/task_io_accounting.h
index 6f6acce064de..bb26108ca23c 100644
--- a/include/linux/task_io_accounting.h
+++ b/include/linux/task_io_accounting.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ struct task_io_accounting {
 	u64 syscr;
 	/* # of write syscalls */
 	u64 syscw;
+	/* # of fsync syscalls */
+	u64 syscfs;
 #endif /* CONFIG_TASK_XACCT */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TASK_IO_ACCOUNTING
diff --git a/include/linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h b/include/linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h
index bb5498bcdd96..733ab62ae141 100644
--- a/include/linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h
+++ b/include/linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static inline void task_chr_io_accounting_add(struct task_io_accounting *dst,
 	dst->wchar += src->wchar;
 	dst->syscr += src->syscr;
 	dst->syscw += src->syscw;
+	dst->syscfs += src->syscfs;
 }
 #else
 static inline void task_chr_io_accounting_add(struct task_io_accounting *dst,