diff --git a/fstab.hardware b/fstab.hardware
index 7c6e57fd..e7059b2c 100644
--- a/fstab.hardware
+++ b/fstab.hardware
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #<src>                                                     <mnt_point>        <type>      <mnt_flags and options>                               <fs_mgr_flags>
 /dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/system       /                  ext4        ro,barrier=1                                          wait,slotselect,avb
-/dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/metadata     /metadata          ext4        noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard                          wait,formattable
+/dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/metadata     /metadata          ext4        noatime,nosuid,nodev,discard,sync                     wait,formattable
 /dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/userdata     /data              ext4        errors=panic,noatime,nosuid,nodev,barrier=1,noauto_da_alloc        latemount,wait,check,formattable,fileencryption=ice:aes-256-heh,eraseblk=16777216,logicalblk=4096,quota,reservedsize=128M,checkpoint=block
 /dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/misc         /misc              emmc        defaults                                              defaults
 /dev/block/platform/soc/1da4000.ufshc/by-name/modem        /firmware          vfat        ro,shortname=lower,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=227,fmask=337,context=u:object_r:firmware_file:s0   wait,slotselect