diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.cpp
index ff34c597b34b..2ffc37b7d0aa 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.cpp
@@ -191,5 +191,16 @@ std::unique_ptr<chromeos_update_engine::FileDescriptor> CowWriterBase::OpenFileD
                                                       block_dev_size);
 }
 
+bool CowWriterBase::Sync() {
+    if (is_dev_null_) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (fsync(fd_.get()) < 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "fsync failed";
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 }  // namespace snapshot
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.h
index c8b477275822..cdf62226866f 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_base.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class CowWriterBase : public ICowWriter {
     // If the given label is not found, Initialize will fail.
     virtual bool Initialize(std::optional<uint64_t> label = {}) = 0;
 
+    bool Sync();
     bool AddCopy(uint64_t new_block, uint64_t old_block, uint64_t num_blocks = 1) override;
     bool AddRawBlocks(uint64_t new_block_start, const void* data, size_t size) override;
     bool AddXorBlocks(uint32_t new_block_start, const void* data, size_t size, uint32_t old_block,
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
index a52297ffc0ce..e51dbde6340c 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.cpp
@@ -704,17 +704,6 @@ bool CowWriterV2::WriteRawData(const void* data, const size_t size) {
     return true;
 }
 
-bool CowWriterV2::Sync() {
-    if (is_dev_null_) {
-        return true;
-    }
-    if (fsync(fd_.get()) < 0) {
-        PLOG(ERROR) << "fsync failed";
-        return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-}
-
 bool CowWriterV2::Truncate(off_t length) {
     if (is_dev_null_ || is_block_device_) {
         return true;
diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
index c72a9b47c5d7..ce97b0182fd0 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/libsnapshot_cow/writer_v2.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ class CowWriterV2 : public CowWriterBase {
     bool FlushCluster();
 
     bool CompressBlocks(size_t num_blocks, const void* data);
-    bool Sync();
     bool Truncate(off_t length);
     bool EnsureSpaceAvailable(const uint64_t bytes_needed) const;