1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
index b9c172b3fbbe..673704fab748 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
@@ -70,9 +70,8 @@ xfs_synchronize_times(
 }
 
 /*
- * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty.
- * Used when committing a dirty inode into a transaction so that
- * the inode will get written back by the linux code
+ * If the linux inode is valid, mark it dirty, else mark the dirty state
+ * in the XFS inode to make sure we pick it up when reclaiming the inode.
  */
 void
 xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
@@ -82,6 +81,10 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(
 
         if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
                 mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
+        else {
+                barrier();
+                ip->i_update_core = 1;
+        }
 }
 
 void
@@ -92,6 +95,11 @@ xfs_mark_inode_dirty(
 
         if (!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)))
                 mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+        else {
+                barrier();
+                ip->i_update_core = 1;
+        }
+
 }
 
 /*