diff --git a/common.dump b/common.dump
index 67440b7c..094a1141 100644
--- a/common.dump
+++ b/common.dump
@@ -272,9 +272,10 @@ _cleanup()
 
 _stable_fs()
 {
-    umount $SCRATCH_MNT >/dev/null 
-    mount $SCRATCH_MNT >/dev/null
-#    sync; sync; sleep 15
+    umount $SCRATCH_MNT >>$seq.full ||\
+	_error "unmount failed"
+    mount -t xfs $SCRATCH_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT >>$seq.full ||\
+	_error "mount failed"
 }
 
 #