diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index 2900ec3ec3afb79614a5479179880d0682dddf20..97caa77d60cf23db5ce8dc98848780e2a1caf49c 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -227,8 +227,6 @@ void jffs2_clear_inode (struct inode *inode)
 	struct jffs2_inode_info *f = JFFS2_INODE_INFO(inode);
 
 	D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "jffs2_clear_inode(): ino #%lu mode %o\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_mode));
-
-	jffs2_xattr_delete_inode(c, f->inocache);
 	jffs2_do_clear_inode(c, f);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/gc.c b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
index f59b147661c9ac45b0249e4ba0f5dcf69508658a..daff3341ff92b58cb72916678f69603e64ed5972 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/gc.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/gc.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ int jffs2_garbage_collect_pass(struct jffs2_sb_info *c)
 			D1(printk(KERN_DEBUG "Skipping check of ino #%d with nlink zero\n",
 				  ic->ino));
 			spin_unlock(&c->inocache_lock);
+			jffs2_xattr_delete_inode(c, ic);
 			continue;
 		}
 		switch(ic->state) {
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c
index 927dfe42ba76cab92b6fae6a39c09baa71d7f607..7675b33396c7d7c307c803d0a3db57c95e8371a7 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/nodelist.c
@@ -906,6 +906,9 @@ void jffs2_del_ino_cache(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_cache *old)
 {
 	struct jffs2_inode_cache **prev;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_XATTR
+	BUG_ON(old->xref);
+#endif
 	dbg_inocache("del %p (ino #%u)\n", old, old->ino);
 	spin_lock(&c->inocache_lock);
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
index 5fec012b02ed59a1fa5f8ca871849af4c24e4e40..cc1899268c439a0c68e8bc877c6f4c56854bd3ba 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/readinode.c
@@ -968,6 +968,7 @@ void jffs2_do_clear_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_inode_info *f)
 	struct jffs2_full_dirent *fd, *fds;
 	int deleted;
 
+	jffs2_xattr_delete_inode(c, f->inocache);
 	down(&f->sem);
 	deleted = f->inocache && !f->inocache->nlink;