diff --git a/src/log_io.cc b/src/log_io.cc
index 6db09b16d9e7cab2ec6a5dcaa62d7e211c795680..d10e8a8f9c61c4fb25b3ffa93b7206c53fc2d0d1 100644
--- a/src/log_io.cc
+++ b/src/log_io.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ row_v11_fill(struct row_v11 *row, int64_t lsn, uint16_t tag, uint64_t cookie,
 struct log_dir snap_dir = {
 	/* .panic_if_error = */ false,
 	/* .sync_is_async = */ false,
-	/* .open_wflags = */ 0,
+	/* .open_wflags = */ O_SYNC,
 	/* .filetype = */ "SNAP\n",
 	/* .filename_ext = */ ".snap",
 	/* .dirname = */ NULL
diff --git a/src/recovery.cc b/src/recovery.cc
index 79de90bf8bb49fc54242965c7b1c9157f9c4b969..b5862a044f16bad8d40a9e32aaffd1a9e77e3021 100644
--- a/src/recovery.cc
+++ b/src/recovery.cc
@@ -1154,7 +1154,6 @@ snap_write_batch(struct fio_batch *batch, int fd)
 			  rows_written, batch->rows);
 		panic_syserror("fio_batch_write");
 	}
-    fdatasync(fd);
 }
 
 void