1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
index 09783cc444ac..77414db10dc2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_super.c
@@ -954,16 +954,14 @@ xfs_fs_destroy_inode(
         ASSERT_ALWAYS(!xfs_iflags_test(ip, XFS_IRECLAIM));
 
         /*
-         * If we have nothing to flush with this inode then complete the
-         * teardown now, otherwise delay the flush operation.
+         * We always use background reclaim here because even if the
+         * inode is clean, it still may be under IO and hence we have
+         * to take the flush lock. The background reclaim path handles
+         * this more efficiently than we can here, so simply let background
+         * reclaim tear down all inodes.
          */
-        if (!xfs_inode_clean(ip)) {
-                xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(ip);
-                return;
-        }
-
 out_reclaim:
-        xfs_ireclaim(ip);
+        xfs_inode_set_reclaim_tag(ip);
 }
 
 /*