diff --git a/stepmania/src/arch/MemoryCard/MemoryCardDriver_Linux.cpp b/stepmania/src/arch/MemoryCard/MemoryCardDriver_Linux.cpp
index 20fe453616..c83d211e81 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/arch/MemoryCard/MemoryCardDriver_Linux.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/arch/MemoryCard/MemoryCardDriver_Linux.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,10 @@ void MemoryCardDriver_Linux::Flush( UsbStorageDevice* pDevice )
 	// Strangely, "-o sync" doesn't seem to force the data to be written to a USB 
 	// pen drive.  I see can see that SM wrote the files correctly, but if I unplug 
 	// without sync'ing or umount'ing, then the files are lost.  Maybe usb-strorage
-	// doesn't play nicely with -o sync?
+	// doesn't play nicely with -o sync? -Chris
+	// "sync" seems to work fine for our purpose.  We don't need the flush to 
+	// happen by the time we return, because the player won't immediately pull 
+	// their cards out after the flush happens. -Chris
 	CString sCommand = "sync";
 	LOG->Trace( "executing '%s'", sCommand.c_str() );
 	system( sCommand );