diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index d409dea..f9f07c4 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -2484,8 +2484,15 @@
 
 	if (lock_inode) {
 		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		if (mode & FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE)
-			fuse_set_nowrite(inode);
+		if (mode & FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE) {
+			loff_t endbyte = offset + length - 1;
+			err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping,
+							   offset, endbyte);
+			if (err)
+				goto out;
+
+			fuse_sync_writes(inode);
+		}
 	}
 
 	req = fuse_get_req_nopages(fc);
@@ -2520,11 +2527,8 @@
 	fuse_invalidate_attr(inode);
 
 out:
-	if (lock_inode) {
-		if (mode & FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE)
-			fuse_release_nowrite(inode);
+	if (lock_inode)
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	}
 
 	return err;
 }