1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/el-file.c b/src/el-file.c
index dd98392..34d2cbc 100644
--- a/src/el-file.c
+++ b/src/el-file.c
@@ -554,6 +554,16 @@ int el_file_flush
     VALID(EBADF, el->fcurrent_log);
     VALID(EBADF, el->fcurrent_log[0] != '\0');
 
+    if (el->fwritten_after_sync == 0)
+    {
+        /* if now writes have been performed between consecutive
+         * flush, then don't flush - since there is nothing to
+         * flush anyway
+         */
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     /* first flush data from stdio library buffers into kernel
      */