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 ae7a8ca389..02db655341 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
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ 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: