1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index fd93566345b6..3d3accb1f800 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -668,7 +668,19 @@ void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
         int i;
 
-        WARN_ON(bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi));
+        /*
+         * Splice our entries to the default_backing_dev_info, if this
+         * bdi disappears
+         */
+        if (bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi)) {
+                struct bdi_writeback *dst = &default_backing_dev_info.wb;
+
+                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+                list_splice(&bdi->wb.b_dirty, &dst->b_dirty);
+                list_splice(&bdi->wb.b_io, &dst->b_io);
+                list_splice(&bdi->wb.b_more_io, &dst->b_more_io);
+                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+        }
 
         bdi_unregister(bdi);