--- e2fsprogs-1.41.14/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c	2010-12-22 16:49:20.000000000 +0100
+++ e2fsprogs-1.41.14-patch/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c	2011-02-08 07:38:01.204825180 +0100
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 	if (flags & IO_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE)
 		open_flags |= O_EXCL;
 	if (flags & IO_FLAG_DIRECT_IO)
-		open_flags |= O_DIRECT;
+		open_flags |= O_DSYNC;
 	data->flags = flags;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_OPEN64
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
+	(void) directio(data->dev, DIRECTIO_ON);
+
 #ifdef BLKSSZGET
 	if (flags & IO_FLAG_DIRECT_IO) {
 		if (ioctl(data->dev, BLKSSZGET, &data->align) != 0)