diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/util/SyncCalculation.java b/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/util/SyncCalculation.java
index 656327862e..a5e38d7f10 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/util/SyncCalculation.java
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/cli/commands/util/SyncCalculation.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class SyncCalculation {
       switch (journalType) {
 
          case NIO:
-            factory = new NIOSequentialFileFactory(datafolder, 1);
+            factory = new NIOSequentialFileFactory(datafolder, 1).setDatasync(datasync);
             factory.start();
             return factory;
          case ASYNCIO: