diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 8e8c0eec2..f6fa9a005 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # Rocksdb Change Log
+## 5.4.7 (06/28/2017)
+### Bug Fixes
+* Shouldn't ignore return value of fsync() in flush.
+
 ## 5.4.6 (05/30/2017)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * Fix db_bench with lite build.
diff --git a/db/builder.cc b/db/builder.cc
index 65ffd449a..83d788cf6 100644
--- a/db/builder.cc
+++ b/db/builder.cc
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Status BuildTable(
     // Finish and check for file errors
     if (s.ok() && !empty) {
       StopWatch sw(env, ioptions.statistics, TABLE_SYNC_MICROS);
-      file_writer->Sync(ioptions.use_fsync);
+      s = file_writer->Sync(ioptions.use_fsync);
     }
     if (s.ok() && !empty) {
       s = file_writer->Close();