diff --git a/swift/common/utils.py b/swift/common/utils.py
index a4d70552bb..39588c179a 100644
--- a/swift/common/utils.py
+++ b/swift/common/utils.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ logging._levelNames[NOTICE] = 'NOTICE'
 SysLogHandler.priority_map['NOTICE'] = 'notice'
 
 # These are lazily pulled from libc elsewhere
-_sys_fsync = None
 _sys_fallocate = None
 _posix_fadvise = None
 
@@ -231,46 +230,31 @@ def fallocate(fd, size):
         raise OSError(err, 'Unable to fallocate(%s)' % size)
 
 
-class FsyncWrapper(object):
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        if hasattr(os, 'fdatasync'):
-            self.func_name = 'fdatasync'
-            self.fsync = os.fdatasync
-            self.fcntl_flag = None
-        elif hasattr(fcntl, 'F_FULLFSYNC'):
-            self.func_name = 'fcntl'
-            self.fsync = fcntl.fcntl
-            self.fcntl_flag = fcntl.F_FULLFSYNC
-        else:
-            self.func_name = 'fsync'
-            self.fsync = os.fsync
-            self.fcntl_flag = None
-
-    def __call__(self, fd):
-        args = {
-            'fdatasync': (fd, ),
-            'fsync': (fd, ),
-            'fcntl': (fd, self.fcntl_flag)
-        }
-        return self.fsync(*args[self.func_name])
-
-
 def fsync(fd):
     """
-    Write buffered changes to disk.
+    Sync modified file data and metadata to disk.
 
     :param fd: file descriptor
     """
+    if hasattr(fcntl, 'F_FULLSYNC'):
+        try:
+            fcntl.fcntl(fd, fcntl.F_FULLSYNC)
+        except IOError as e:
+            raise OSError(e.errno, 'Unable to F_FULLSYNC(%s)' % fd)
+    else:
+        os.fsync(fd)
 
-    global _sys_fsync
-    if _sys_fsync is None:
-        _sys_fsync = FsyncWrapper()
 
-    ret = _sys_fsync(fd)
-    err = ctypes.get_errno()
-    if ret and err != 0:
-        raise OSError(err, 'Unable to fsync(%s)' % fd)
+def fdatasync(fd):
+    """
+    Sync modified file data to disk.
+
+    :param fd: file descriptor
+    """
+    try:
+        os.fdatasync(fd)
+    except AttributeError:
+        fsync(fd)
 
 
 def drop_buffer_cache(fd, offset, length):
diff --git a/swift/obj/server.py b/swift/obj/server.py
index 19e7cbdfdb..536d1b7e87 100644
--- a/swift/obj/server.py
+++ b/swift/obj/server.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from xattr import getxattr, setxattr
 from eventlet import sleep, Timeout, tpool
 
 from swift.common.utils import mkdirs, normalize_timestamp, public, \
-    storage_directory, hash_path, renamer, fallocate, fsync, \
+    storage_directory, hash_path, renamer, fallocate, fsync, fdatasync, \
     split_path, drop_buffer_cache, get_logger, write_pickle, \
     config_true_value, validate_device_partition, timing_stats
 from swift.common.bufferedhttp import http_connect
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ class ObjectController(object):
                     chunk = chunk[written:]
                 # For large files sync every 512MB (by default) written
                 if upload_size - last_sync >= self.bytes_per_sync:
-                    tpool.execute(fsync, fd)
+                    tpool.execute(fdatasync, fd)
                     drop_buffer_cache(fd, last_sync, upload_size - last_sync)
                     last_sync = upload_size
                 sleep()
diff --git a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
index 2f291098c1..c817c725b1 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/test_utils.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from tempfile import TemporaryFile, NamedTemporaryFile
 from logging import handlers as logging_handlers
 
 from eventlet import sleep
+from mock import patch
 
 from swift.common.exceptions import (Timeout, MessageTimeout,
                                      ConnectionTimeout)
@@ -1545,6 +1546,57 @@ class TestStatsdLoggingDelegation(unittest.TestCase):
         finally:
             logger.thread_locals = orig_thread_locals
 
+    def test_no_fdatasync(self):
+        called = []
+        class NoFdatasync:
+            pass
+        def fsync(fd):
+            called.append(fd)
+        with patch('swift.common.utils.os', NoFdatasync()):
+            with patch('swift.common.utils.fsync', fsync):
+                utils.fdatasync(12345)
+                self.assertEquals(called, [12345])
+
+    def test_yes_fdatasync(self):
+        called = []
+        class YesFdatasync:
+            def fdatasync(self, fd):
+                called.append(fd)
+        with patch('swift.common.utils.os', YesFdatasync()):
+            utils.fdatasync(12345)
+            self.assertEquals(called, [12345])
+
+    def test_fsync_bad_fullsync(self):
+        called = []
+        class FCNTL:
+            F_FULLSYNC = 123
+            def fcntl(self, fd, op):
+                raise IOError(18)
+        with patch('swift.common.utils.fcntl', FCNTL()):
+            self.assertRaises(OSError, lambda: utils.fsync(12345))
+
+    def test_fsync_f_fullsync(self):
+        called = []
+        class FCNTL:
+            F_FULLSYNC = 123
+            def fcntl(self, fd, op):
+                called[:] = [fd, op]
+                return 0
+        with patch('swift.common.utils.fcntl', FCNTL()):
+            utils.fsync(12345)
+            self.assertEquals(called, [12345, 123])
+
+    def test_fsync_no_fullsync(self):
+        called = []
+        class FCNTL:
+            pass
+        def fsync(fd):
+            called.append(fd)
+        with patch('swift.common.utils.fcntl', FCNTL()):
+            with patch('os.fsync', fsync):
+                utils.fsync(12345)
+                self.assertEquals(called, [12345])
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()