diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 6e6b3230ee4549354eb92f10244230d5f05e1b5d..672c99a2051b8c4bef71701de60a9a8ef4898b61 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2833,7 +2833,7 @@ int ext4_orphan_add(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 			 * list entries can cause panics at unmount time.
 			 */
 			mutex_lock(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
-			list_del(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan);
+			list_del_init(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan);
 			mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_orphan_lock);
 		}
 	}