diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 4a3b9e6b31a..70215a21fb2 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -1880,6 +1880,9 @@ void ocfs2_queue_orphan_scan(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 
 	os = &osb->osb_orphan_scan;
 
+	if (atomic_read(&os->os_state) == ORPHAN_SCAN_INACTIVE)
+		goto out;
+
 	status = ocfs2_orphan_scan_lock(osb, &seqno, DLM_LOCK_EX);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		if (status != -EAGAIN)
@@ -1887,6 +1890,10 @@ void ocfs2_queue_orphan_scan(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* Do no queue the tasks if the volume is being umounted */
+	if (atomic_read(&os->os_state) == ORPHAN_SCAN_INACTIVE)
+		goto unlock;
+
 	if (os->os_seqno != seqno) {
 		os->os_seqno = seqno;
 		goto unlock;
@@ -1920,8 +1927,9 @@ void ocfs2_orphan_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	mutex_lock(&os->os_lock);
 	ocfs2_queue_orphan_scan(osb);
-	schedule_delayed_work(&os->os_orphan_scan_work,
-			      ocfs2_orphan_scan_timeout());
+	if (atomic_read(&os->os_state) == ORPHAN_SCAN_ACTIVE)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&os->os_orphan_scan_work,
+				      ocfs2_orphan_scan_timeout());
 	mutex_unlock(&os->os_lock);
 }
 
@@ -1930,6 +1938,7 @@ void ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	struct ocfs2_orphan_scan *os;
 
 	os = &osb->osb_orphan_scan;
+	atomic_set(&os->os_state, ORPHAN_SCAN_INACTIVE);
 	mutex_lock(&os->os_lock);
 	cancel_delayed_work(&os->os_orphan_scan_work);
 	mutex_unlock(&os->os_lock);
@@ -1940,6 +1949,7 @@ int ocfs2_orphan_scan_init(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	struct ocfs2_orphan_scan *os;
 
 	os = &osb->osb_orphan_scan;
+	atomic_set(&os->os_state, ORPHAN_SCAN_ACTIVE);
 	os->os_osb = osb;
 	os->os_count = 0;
 	os->os_scantime = CURRENT_TIME;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
index 18c1d9ec1c9..60e89503ce5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2.h
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ struct ocfs2_lock_res {
 #endif
 };
 
+enum ocfs2_orphan_scan_state {
+	ORPHAN_SCAN_ACTIVE,
+	ORPHAN_SCAN_INACTIVE
+};
+
 struct ocfs2_orphan_scan {
 	struct mutex 		os_lock;
 	struct ocfs2_super 	*os_osb;
@@ -162,6 +167,7 @@ struct ocfs2_orphan_scan {
 	struct timespec		os_scantime;  /* time this node ran the scan */
 	u32			os_count;      /* tracks node specific scans */
 	u32  			os_seqno;       /* tracks cluster wide scans */
+	atomic_t		os_state;              /* ACTIVE or INACTIVE */
 };
 
 struct ocfs2_dlm_debug {
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index d64739b593e..3e8a68b103a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1814,14 +1814,15 @@ static void ocfs2_dismount_volume(struct super_block *sb, int mnt_err)
 
 	debugfs_remove(osb->osb_ctxt);
 
+	/* Orphan scan should be stopped as early as possible */
+	ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(osb);
+
 	ocfs2_disable_quotas(osb);
 
 	ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(osb);
 
 	ocfs2_truncate_log_shutdown(osb);
 
-	ocfs2_orphan_scan_stop(osb);
-
 	/* This will disable recovery and flush any recovery work. */
 	ocfs2_recovery_exit(osb);