diff --git a/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx b/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
index 25f71fa1..42ffa85f 100644
--- a/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
+++ b/src/borg/platform/linux.pyx
@@ -225,8 +225,9 @@ def acl_set(path, item, numeric_owner=False):
 cdef _sync_file_range(fd, offset, length, flags):
     assert offset & PAGE_MASK == 0, "offset %d not page-aligned" % offset
     assert length & PAGE_MASK == 0, "length %d not page-aligned" % length
-    if sync_file_range(fd, offset, length, flags) != 0:
-        raise OSError(errno.errno, os.strerror(errno.errno))
+    os.fdatasync(fd)
+    #if sync_file_range(fd, offset, length, flags) != 0:
+    #    raise OSError(errno.errno, os.strerror(errno.errno))
     safe_fadvise(fd, offset, length, 'DONTNEED')
 
 cdef unsigned PAGE_MASK = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) - 1