1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 469086b9f99b..0c3f303baf32 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -1907,6 +1907,7 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_drop_written_files(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci,
                                              struct the_nilfs *nilfs)
 {
         struct nilfs_inode_info *ii, *n;
+        int during_mount = !(sci->sc_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE);
         int defer_iput = false;
 
         spin_lock(&nilfs->ns_inode_lock);
@@ -1919,10 +1920,10 @@ static void nilfs_segctor_drop_written_files(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci,
                 brelse(ii->i_bh);
                 ii->i_bh = NULL;
                 list_del_init(&ii->i_dirty);
-                if (!ii->vfs_inode.i_nlink) {
+                if (!ii->vfs_inode.i_nlink || during_mount) {
                         /*
-                         * Defer calling iput() to avoid a deadlock
-                         * over I_SYNC flag for inodes with i_nlink == 0
+                         * Defer calling iput() to avoid deadlocks if
+                         * i_nlink == 0 or mount is not yet finished.
                          */
                         list_add_tail(&ii->i_dirty, &sci->sc_iput_queue);
                         defer_iput = true;