diff --git a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
index 75f9d43248511843334923c2f38b7f1e36d47245..b59eac0232a0f057063fac03d747a8b627560056 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
+++ b/fs/hpfs/hpfs_fn.h
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void hpfs_write_inode(struct inode *);
 void hpfs_write_inode_nolock(struct inode *);
 int hpfs_setattr(struct dentry *, struct iattr *);
 void hpfs_write_if_changed(struct inode *);
-void hpfs_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+void hpfs_evict_inode(struct inode *);
 
 /* map.c */
 
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/inode.c b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
index 3f3b397fd4e6c5f132045379a7d2f191641c85ea..56f0da1cfd106ce97a6dfcf1222b2416275dd98b 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/inode.c
@@ -302,11 +302,13 @@ void hpfs_write_if_changed(struct inode *inode)
 		hpfs_write_inode(inode);
 }
 
-void hpfs_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+void hpfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
-	lock_kernel();
-	hpfs_remove_fnode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	clear_inode(inode);
+	end_writeback(inode);
+	if (!inode->i_nlink) {
+		lock_kernel();
+		hpfs_remove_fnode(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino);
+		unlock_kernel();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/fs/hpfs/super.c b/fs/hpfs/super.c
index aa53842c599c2eec917086af4d2c8b1d2fea1384..2607010be2fe5019b9700926d57c0f272be79f17 100644
--- a/fs/hpfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hpfs/super.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ static const struct super_operations hpfs_sops =
 {
 	.alloc_inode	= hpfs_alloc_inode,
 	.destroy_inode	= hpfs_destroy_inode,
-	.delete_inode	= hpfs_delete_inode,
+	.evict_inode	= hpfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= hpfs_put_super,
 	.statfs		= hpfs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs	= hpfs_remount_fs,