diff --git a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
index e23fb7fe71..1b644658bd 100644
--- a/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
+++ b/repos/libports/src/lib/libc/vfs_plugin.cc
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ int Libc::Vfs_plugin::dup2(Libc::File_descriptor *fd,
 
 int Libc::Vfs_plugin::fstat(Libc::File_descriptor *fd, struct stat *buf)
 {
+	Vfs::Vfs_handle *handle = vfs_handle(fd);
+	_vfs_sync(handle);
 	return stat(fd->fd_path, buf);
 }