diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/slru.c b/src/backend/access/transam/slru.c
index 680a28f198d..b4d551fc33a 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/slru.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/slru.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,10 @@ SimpleLruFlush(SlruCtl ctl, bool allow_redirtied)
 	}
 	if (!ok)
 		SlruReportIOError(ctl, pageno, InvalidTransactionId);
+
+	/* Ensure that directory entries for new files are on disk. */
+	if (ctl->do_fsync)
+		fsync_fname(ctl->Dir, true);
 }
 
 /*