diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/super.c b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
index f9eaa4a4f5f..5e3527be114 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/super.c
@@ -453,16 +453,20 @@ int remove_save_link(struct inode *inode, int truncate)
 static void reiserfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *s)
 {
 	if (REISERFS_SB(s)) {
-		if (REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root) {
-			d_invalidate(REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root);
-			dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root);
-			REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root = NULL;
-		}
-		if (REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root) {
-			d_invalidate(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root);
-			dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root);
-			REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root = NULL;
-		}
+		/*
+		 * Force any pending inode evictions to occur now. Any
+		 * inodes to be removed that have extended attributes
+		 * associated with them need to clean them up before
+		 * we can release the extended attribute root dentries.
+		 * shrink_dcache_for_umount will BUG if we don't release
+		 * those before it's called so ->put_super is too late.
+		 */
+		shrink_dcache_sb(s);
+
+		dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root);
+		REISERFS_SB(s)->xattr_root = NULL;
+		dput(REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root);
+		REISERFS_SB(s)->priv_root = NULL;
 	}
 
 	kill_block_super(s);