diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c b/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
index 9eafce9168c..55e46c085d4 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
@@ -1696,9 +1696,7 @@ dounmount(struct mount *mp, int flags, struct thread *td)
 	MNT_IUNLOCK(mp);
 	cache_purgevfs(mp, false); /* remove cache entries for this file sys */
 	vfs_deallocate_syncvnode(mp);
-	if ((mp->mnt_flag & MNT_RDONLY) != 0 || (flags & MNT_FORCE) != 0 ||
-	    (error = VFS_SYNC(mp, MNT_WAIT)) == 0)
-		error = VFS_UNMOUNT(mp, flags);
+	error = VFS_UNMOUNT(mp, flags);
 	vn_finished_write(mp);
 	/*
 	 * If we failed to flush the dirty blocks for this mount point,