diff --git a/init/persistent_properties.cpp b/init/persistent_properties.cpp
index baa9ad4..3b5a41d 100644
--- a/init/persistent_properties.cpp
+++ b/init/persistent_properties.cpp
@@ -31,10 +31,11 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
+using android::base::Dirname;
 using android::base::ReadFdToString;
 using android::base::StartsWith;
-using android::base::WriteStringToFd;
 using android::base::unique_fd;
+using android::base::WriteStringToFd;
 
 namespace android {
 namespace init {
@@ -191,6 +192,18 @@
         unlink(temp_filename.c_str());
         return Error(saved_errno) << "Unable to rename persistent property file";
     }
+
+    // rename() is atomic with regards to the kernel's filesystem buffers, but the parent
+    // directories must be fsync()'ed otherwise, the rename is not necessarily written to storage.
+    // Note in this case, that the source and destination directories are the same, so only one
+    // fsync() is required.
+    auto dir = Dirname(persistent_property_filename);
+    auto dir_fd = unique_fd{open(dir.c_str(), O_DIRECTORY | O_RDONLY)};
+    if (dir_fd < 0) {
+        return ErrnoError() << "Unable to open persistent properties directory for fsync()";
+    }
+    fsync(dir_fd);
+
     return {};
 }