diff --git a/src/initscripts/init.d/collectd b/src/initscripts/init.d/collectd
index c0ca12fe4..96bd12676 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/init.d/collectd
+++ b/src/initscripts/init.d/collectd
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ case "$1" in
 		else
 			sed -i -e "s|^#LoadPlugin swap|LoadPlugin swap|g" /etc/collectd.conf
 		fi
+		
+		# sync after config update...
+		sync
 
 		if [ $(date +%Y) -gt 2011 ]; then
 			boot_mesg "Starting Collection daemon..."
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ case "$1" in
 		if [ "$(basename $0)" == "collectd" ]; then
 		    /etc/init.d/tmpfs backup
 		fi
+		# sync after backup...
+		sync
 		;;
 	restart)
 		${0} stop