diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c b/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c
index 8e15237bc10..f7a97ef0401 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsserver/nfs_nfsdport.c
@@ -6776,6 +6776,8 @@ nfsvno_setxattr(struct vnode *vp, char *name, int len, struct mbuf *m,
 	if (error == 0) {
 		error = VOP_SETEXTATTR(vp, EXTATTR_NAMESPACE_USER, name, uiop,
 		    cred, p);
+		if (error == 0)
+			error = VOP_FSYNC(vp, MNT_WAIT, p);
 		free(iv, M_TEMP);
 	}
 
@@ -6811,6 +6813,8 @@ nfsvno_rmxattr(struct nfsrv_descript *nd, struct vnode *vp, char *name,
 	if (error == EOPNOTSUPP)
 		error = VOP_SETEXTATTR(vp, EXTATTR_NAMESPACE_USER, name, NULL,
 		    cred, p);
+	if (error == 0)
+		error = VOP_FSYNC(vp, MNT_WAIT, p);
 out:
 	NFSEXITCODE(error);
 	return (error);