1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 41b462232f7f..f5c04dd9ae8a 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ void clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
                 inode->i_sb->s_op->clear_inode(inode);
         if (S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_bdev)
                 bd_forget(inode);
-        if (inode->i_cdev)
+        if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_cdev)
                 cd_forget(inode);
         inode->i_state = I_CLEAR;
 }