diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 19a4de5..6a0d52c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -1571,7 +1571,8 @@
 extern int  ext4_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 extern int  ext4_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry,
 				struct kstat *stat);
-extern void ext4_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int  ext4_sync_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *);
 extern void ext4_dirty_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *, int);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 25c4b31..07e791a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 
 	/* Do this BEFORE marking the inode not in use or returning an error */
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	ext4_clear_inode(inode);
 
 	es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) || ino > le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_count)) {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 1fb3903..c6d365f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -167,11 +167,16 @@
 /*
  * Called at the last iput() if i_nlink is zero.
  */
-void ext4_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
 	int err;
 
+	if (inode->i_nlink) {
+		truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
+		goto no_delete;
+	}
+
 	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
 
@@ -245,13 +250,13 @@
 	 */
 	if (ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode))
 		/* If that failed, just do the required in-core inode clear. */
-		clear_inode(inode);
+		ext4_clear_inode(inode);
 	else
 		ext4_free_inode(handle, inode);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	return;
 no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
+	ext4_clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
 }
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 4e8983a..f627a6a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -813,8 +813,10 @@
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext4_inode_cachep);
 }
 
-static void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void ext4_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 	dquot_drop(inode);
 	ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 	if (EXT4_JOURNAL(inode))
@@ -1100,14 +1102,13 @@
 	.destroy_inode	= ext4_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext4_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode	= ext4_dirty_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ext4_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ext4_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext4_put_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext4_sync_fs,
 	.freeze_fs	= ext4_freeze,
 	.unfreeze_fs	= ext4_unfreeze,
 	.statfs		= ext4_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext4_remount,
-	.clear_inode	= ext4_clear_inode,
 	.show_options	= ext4_show_options,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	.quota_read	= ext4_quota_read,
@@ -1121,12 +1122,11 @@
 	.destroy_inode	= ext4_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext4_write_inode,
 	.dirty_inode	= ext4_dirty_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ext4_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ext4_evict_inode,
 	.write_super	= ext4_write_super,
 	.put_super	= ext4_put_super,
 	.statfs		= ext4_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext4_remount,
-	.clear_inode	= ext4_clear_inode,
 	.show_options	= ext4_show_options,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	.quota_read	= ext4_quota_read,