diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index cabf93b73..90bee1e14 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 * Introduce WriteOptions.low_pri. If it is true, low priority writes will be throttled if the compaction is behind.
 * `DB::IngestExternalFile()` now supports ingesting files into a database containing range deletions.
 
+### Bu Fixes
+* Shouldn't ignore return value of fsync() in flush.
+
 ## 5.5.0 (05/17/2017)
 ### New Features
 * FIFO compaction to support Intra L0 compaction too with CompactionOptionsFIFO.allow_compaction=true.
diff --git a/db/builder.cc b/db/builder.cc
index 0c0bbb236..ec7703619 100644
--- a/db/builder.cc
+++ b/db/builder.cc
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ 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();