diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index 8f53d11bf95..416daa62242 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ extern unsigned long ext2_count_free (struct buffer_head *, unsigned);
 /* inode.c */
 extern struct inode *ext2_iget (struct super_block *, unsigned long);
 extern int ext2_write_inode (struct inode *, struct writeback_control *);
-extern void ext2_delete_inode (struct inode *);
+extern void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_sync_inode (struct inode *);
 extern int ext2_get_block(struct inode *, sector_t, struct buffer_head *, int);
 extern int ext2_setattr (struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index 938dbc739d0..ad70479aabf 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -118,19 +118,14 @@ void ext2_free_inode (struct inode * inode)
 	 * Note: we must free any quota before locking the superblock,
 	 * as writing the quota to disk may need the lock as well.
 	 */
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode)) {
-		/* Quota is already initialized in iput() */
-		ext2_xattr_delete_inode(inode);
-		dquot_free_inode(inode);
-		dquot_drop(inode);
-	}
+	/* Quota is already initialized in iput() */
+	ext2_xattr_delete_inode(inode);
+	dquot_free_inode(inode);
+	dquot_drop(inode);
 
 	es = EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es;
 	is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);
 
-	/* Do this BEFORE marking the inode not in use or returning an error */
-	clear_inode (inode);
-
 	if (ino < EXT2_FIRST_INO(sb) ||
 	    ino > le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_count)) {
 		ext2_error (sb, "ext2_free_inode",
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index e8af26dd671..940c9616886 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -69,26 +69,42 @@ static void ext2_write_failed(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t to)
 /*
  * Called at the last iput() if i_nlink is zero.
  */
-void ext2_delete_inode (struct inode * inode)
+void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode * inode)
 {
-	if (!is_bad_inode(inode))
+	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *rsv;
+	int want_delete = 0;
+
+	if (!inode->i_nlink && !is_bad_inode(inode)) {
+		want_delete = 1;
 		dquot_initialize(inode);
+	} else {
+		dquot_drop(inode);
+	}
+
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
 
-	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
-		goto no_delete;
-	EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
-	mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-	__ext2_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
+	if (want_delete) {
+		/* set dtime */
+		EXT2_I(inode)->i_dtime	= get_seconds();
+		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+		__ext2_write_inode(inode, inode_needs_sync(inode));
+		/* truncate to 0 */
+		inode->i_size = 0;
+		if (inode->i_blocks)
+			ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
+	}
 
-	inode->i_size = 0;
-	if (inode->i_blocks)
-		ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, 0);
-	ext2_free_inode (inode);
+	invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
 
-	return;
-no_delete:
-	clear_inode(inode);	/* We must guarantee clearing of inode... */
+	ext2_discard_reservation(inode);
+	rsv = EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
+	EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
+	if (unlikely(rsv))
+		kfree(rsv);
+
+	if (want_delete)
+		ext2_free_inode(inode);
 }
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 7ff43f4a59c..1ec602673ea 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -195,17 +195,6 @@ static void destroy_inodecache(void)
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext2_inode_cachep);
 }
 
-static void ext2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	struct ext2_block_alloc_info *rsv = EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info;
-
-	dquot_drop(inode);
-	ext2_discard_reservation(inode);
-	EXT2_I(inode)->i_block_alloc_info = NULL;
-	if (unlikely(rsv))
-		kfree(rsv);
-}
-
 static int ext2_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = vfs->mnt_sb;
@@ -299,13 +288,12 @@ static const struct super_operations ext2_sops = {
 	.alloc_inode	= ext2_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= ext2_destroy_inode,
 	.write_inode	= ext2_write_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= ext2_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= ext2_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= ext2_put_super,
 	.write_super	= ext2_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= ext2_sync_fs,
 	.statfs		= ext2_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= ext2_remount,
-	.clear_inode	= ext2_clear_inode,
 	.show_options	= ext2_show_options,
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	.quota_read	= ext2_quota_read,