diff --git a/fs/afs/file.c b/fs/afs/file.c
index e8d6619890a91bffb1d3ce12cf51c23547f55508..b0a43e250a9baa5f8a047a84cdd8f8369651bdec 100644
--- a/fs/afs/file.c
+++ b/fs/afs/file.c
@@ -170,11 +170,12 @@ int afs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct afs_vnode *vnode = AFS_FS_I(inode);
 	struct afs_file *af = file->private_data;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	_enter("{%llx:%llu},", vnode->fid.vid, vnode->fid.vnode);
 
 	if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
-		return vfs_fsync(file, 0);
+		ret = vfs_fsync(file, 0);
 
 	file->private_data = NULL;
 	if (af->wb)
@@ -182,8 +183,8 @@ int afs_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	key_put(af->key);
 	kfree(af);
 	afs_prune_wb_keys(vnode);
-	_leave(" = 0");
-	return 0;
+	_leave(" = %d", ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/afs/inode.c b/fs/afs/inode.c
index c4652b42d545ffa8b5999e3fe7358601969b79c3..f30aa5eacd39f91253e1590ff48f9db3212bdeca 100644
--- a/fs/afs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/afs/inode.c
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ void afs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	afs_prune_wb_keys(vnode);
 	afs_put_permits(rcu_access_pointer(vnode->permit_cache));
 	key_put(vnode->silly_key);
 	vnode->silly_key = NULL;