diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index fe03eab387..894f97f872 100644
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ static void do_io(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t *bytes_done)
 
 	while ((td->o.read_iolog_file && !flist_empty(&td->io_log_list)) ||
 		(!flist_empty(&td->trim_list)) || !io_issue_bytes_exceeded(td) ||
+		time_to_ddir_sync(td) ||
 		td->o.time_based) {
 		struct timespec comp_time;
 		struct io_u *io_u;
@@ -1032,8 +1033,8 @@ static void do_io(struct thread_data *td, uint64_t *bytes_done)
 		 */
 		if (bytes_issued >= total_bytes &&
 		    !td->o.read_iolog_file &&
-		    (!td->o.time_based ||
-		     (td->o.time_based && td->o.verify != VERIFY_NONE)))
+		    ((!td->o.time_based && !time_to_ddir_sync(td)) ||
+		      (td->o.time_based && td->o.verify != VERIFY_NONE)))
 			break;
 
 		io_u = get_io_u(td);
diff --git a/io_u.c b/io_u.c
index f81086b658..4c8d78d3aa 100644
--- a/io_u.c
+++ b/io_u.c
@@ -742,19 +742,8 @@ static enum fio_ddir rate_ddir(struct thread_data *td, enum fio_ddir ddir)
 	return ddir;
 }
 
-/*
- * Return the data direction for the next io_u. If the job is a
- * mixed read/write workload, check the rwmix cycle and switch if
- * necessary.
- */
-static enum fio_ddir get_rw_ddir(struct thread_data *td)
+static inline enum fio_ddir get_sync_ddir(const struct thread_data *td)
 {
-	enum fio_ddir ddir;
-
-	/*
-	 * See if it's time to fsync/fdatasync/sync_file_range first,
-	 * and if not then move on to check regular I/Os.
-	 */
 	if (should_fsync(td) && td->last_ddir_issued == DDIR_WRITE) {
 		if (td->o.fsync_blocks && td->io_issues[DDIR_WRITE] &&
 		    !(td->io_issues[DDIR_WRITE] % td->o.fsync_blocks))
@@ -768,6 +757,30 @@ static enum fio_ddir get_rw_ddir(struct thread_data *td)
 		    !(td->io_issues[DDIR_WRITE] % td->sync_file_range_nr))
 			return DDIR_SYNC_FILE_RANGE;
 	}
+	return DDIR_INVAL;
+}
+
+bool time_to_ddir_sync(const struct thread_data *td)
+{
+	return get_sync_ddir(td) != DDIR_INVAL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Return the data direction for the next io_u. If the job is a
+ * mixed read/write workload, check the rwmix cycle and switch if
+ * necessary.
+ */
+static enum fio_ddir get_rw_ddir(struct thread_data *td)
+{
+	enum fio_ddir ddir;
+
+	/*
+	 * See if it's time to fsync/fdatasync/sync_file_range first,
+	 * and if not then move on to check regular I/Os.
+	 */
+	ddir = get_sync_ddir(td);
+	if (ddir != DDIR_INVAL)
+		return ddir;
 
 	if (td_rw(td)) {
 		/*
diff --git a/io_u.h b/io_u.h
index ab93d50f96..f77eb30cbd 100644
--- a/io_u.h
+++ b/io_u.h
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ bool queue_full(const struct thread_data *);
 int do_io_u_sync(const struct thread_data *, struct io_u *);
 int do_io_u_trim(struct thread_data *, struct io_u *);
 
+bool time_to_ddir_sync(const struct thread_data *);
+
 #ifdef FIO_INC_DEBUG
 static inline void dprint_io_u(struct io_u *io_u, const char *p)
 {