diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 5eea9912a0b9d89362d0f662898d1c0e8b7aa263..993a7e0dffe7b0f3d4fcf91db22e97012e373c34 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ void clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	 */
 	xa_lock_irq(&inode->i_data.i_pages);
 	BUG_ON(inode->i_data.nrpages);
-	BUG_ON(inode->i_data.nrexceptional);
+	BUG_ON(!mapping_empty(&inode->i_data));
 	xa_unlock_irq(&inode->i_data.i_pages);
 	BUG_ON(!list_empty(&inode->i_data.private_list));
 	BUG_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING));
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 5724f099cf701bf5245a53bd5ff59fac078aa3f6..700a262611e711e25007386cc9605bd6f3e8570a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ int pagecache_write_end(struct file *, struct address_space *mapping,
  * @i_mmap: Tree of private and shared mappings.
  * @i_mmap_rwsem: Protects @i_mmap and @i_mmap_writable.
  * @nrpages: Number of page entries, protected by the i_pages lock.
- * @nrexceptional: Shadow or DAX entries, protected by the i_pages lock.
  * @writeback_index: Writeback starts here.
  * @a_ops: Methods.
  * @flags: Error bits and flags (AS_*).
@@ -460,7 +459,6 @@ struct address_space {
 	struct rb_root_cached	i_mmap;
 	struct rw_semaphore	i_mmap_rwsem;
 	unsigned long		nrpages;
-	unsigned long		nrexceptional;
 	pgoff_t			writeback_index;
 	const struct address_space_operations *a_ops;
 	unsigned long		flags;