1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 02c0fa5e16a4..f4e145016611 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -530,7 +530,13 @@ static void evict(struct inode *inode)
 
         inode_sb_list_del(inode);
 
-        inode_sync_wait(inode);
+        /*
+         * Wait for flusher thread to be done with the inode so that filesystem
+         * does not start destroying it while writeback is still running. Since
+         * the inode has I_FREEING set, flusher thread won't start new work on
+         * the inode.  We just have to wait for running writeback to finish.
+         */
+        inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
 
         if (op->evict_inode) {
                 op->evict_inode(inode);