diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index eaa26de36..4b5200390 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -271,6 +271,12 @@ DBOptions SanitizeOptions(const std::string& dbname, const DBOptions& src) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (!result.rate_limiter) {
+    if (result.bytes_per_sync == 0) {
+      result.bytes_per_sync = 1024 * 1024;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (result.wal_dir.empty()) {
     // Use dbname as default
     result.wal_dir = dbname;
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/options.h b/include/rocksdb/options.h
index 5a82c574c..ef7972489 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/options.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/options.h
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ struct DBOptions {
 
   // Use to control write rate of flush and compaction. Flush has higher
   // priority than compaction. Rate limiting is disabled if nullptr.
+  // If rate limiter is enabled, bytes_per_sync is set to 1MB by default.
   // Default: nullptr
   std::shared_ptr<RateLimiter> rate_limiter;
 
@@ -857,12 +858,6 @@ struct DBOptions {
   // Default: false
   bool use_adaptive_mutex;
 
-  // Allows OS to incrementally sync files to disk while they are being
-  // written, asynchronously, in the background.
-  // Issue one request for every bytes_per_sync written. 0 turns it off.
-  // Default: 0
-  uint64_t bytes_per_sync;
-
   // Allow RocksDB to use thread local storage to optimize performance.
   // Default: true
   bool allow_thread_local;
@@ -873,6 +868,16 @@ struct DBOptions {
   explicit DBOptions(const Options& options);
 
   void Dump(Logger* log) const;
+
+  // Allows OS to incrementally sync files to disk while they are being
+  // written, asynchronously, in the background.
+  // Issue one request for every bytes_per_sync written. 0 turns it off.
+  // Default: 0
+  //
+  // You may consider using rate_limiter to regulate write rate to device.
+  // When rate limiter is enabled, it automatically enables bytes_per_sync
+  // to 1MB.
+  uint64_t bytes_per_sync;
 };
 
 // Options to control the behavior of a database (passed to DB::Open)
diff --git a/util/options.cc b/util/options.cc
index 1bc5a01d9..89061b97f 100644
--- a/util/options.cc
+++ b/util/options.cc
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ DBOptions::DBOptions()
       advise_random_on_open(true),
       access_hint_on_compaction_start(NORMAL),
       use_adaptive_mutex(false),
-      bytes_per_sync(0),
-      allow_thread_local(true) {}
+      allow_thread_local(true),
+      bytes_per_sync(0) {}
 
 DBOptions::DBOptions(const Options& options)
     : create_if_missing(options.create_if_missing),
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ DBOptions::DBOptions(const Options& options)
       advise_random_on_open(options.advise_random_on_open),
       access_hint_on_compaction_start(options.access_hint_on_compaction_start),
       use_adaptive_mutex(options.use_adaptive_mutex),
-      bytes_per_sync(options.bytes_per_sync),
-      allow_thread_local(options.allow_thread_local) {}
+      allow_thread_local(options.allow_thread_local),
+      bytes_per_sync(options.bytes_per_sync) {}
 
 static const char* const access_hints[] = {
   "NONE", "NORMAL", "SEQUENTIAL", "WILLNEED"
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ void DBOptions::Dump(Logger* log) const {
         access_hints[access_hint_on_compaction_start]);
     Log(log, "                      Options.use_adaptive_mutex: %d",
         use_adaptive_mutex);
+    Log(log, "                            Options.rate_limiter: %p",
+        rate_limiter.get());
     Log(log, "                          Options.bytes_per_sync: %lu",
         (unsigned long)bytes_per_sync);
 }  // DBOptions::Dump